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summary: "Y Combinator Garry Tan has jokingly admitted that he's suffered from \"cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On a new episode of Walter Isaacson’s podcast, The Builders, Tan put a price tag on his passion."
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# Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens

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**Published:** 2026-11-03T00:35:52.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

Y Combinator Garry Tan has jokingly admitted that he's suffered from "cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents\. On a new episode of Walter Isaacson’s podcast, The Builders, Tan put a price tag on his passion\.

## Sources

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