Saturday, 22 August, 2026
"Burn, Baby, Burn": Y Combinator CEO Urges Founders to Embrace Massive AI Token Spending
By TechShots Studio
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan urged startup founders to spend aggressively on AI tokens—advocating a practice dubbed "tokenmaxxing"—even if costs reach $50,000 to $100,000 annually. Speaking on the a16z podcast, Tan argued that maxing out AI agent capabilities gives startups a two-year competitive advantage, framing heavy token usage as a crucial investment for converting successful workflows into automated, reusable instructions.
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