“Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens”

Key points

• Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan reveals annual token spending of $100,000 to $200,000.
• Tan uses AI agents for research, task automation, and personal management.
• He shares 23 Claude Code skills, dubbed gstack, on Github to teach others.
• Tan's agents read emails, notes, and therapy records spanning 20 years.
• He argues costs must drop for personal AI agents to become mainstream.