Garry Tan says founders who tokenmaxx on AI agents will be 2 years ahead
Y Combinator's CEO has a message for founders worried about burning too many AI tokens: Max them out.
Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator, encourages founders to heavily invest in AI agents, a strategy he calls "tokenmaxxing." According to Tan, this approach allows founders to access advanced AI capabilities much sooner than others. Speaking on the A16z podcast, Tan advises founders to burn through AI tokens without hesitation, stating that doing so will place them ahead by two years.
He believes that spending on AI agents, which can cost up to $100,000 annually, is a worthy investment for CEOs and founders. Tan emphasizes that once an AI agent successfully completes a task, it should be "skillified" to create a reusable set of instructions, turning the process into a highly efficient employee. Despite some skepticism from Silicon Valley, Tan remains a strong advocate for this tokenmaxxing strategy.
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