Y Combinator CEO says burn AI tokens, live in 2028

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan says founders shouldn't worry about burning AI tokens. He suggests using up to 1 million tokens per task. That's like living in 2028 early. It costs $50k-$100k a year, but he thinks it's worth it for CEOs.

He says high costs can become long-term wins. Once an AI agent finishes a task, turn it into a reusable instruction. He says, 'A Markdown file is an employee that works perfectly every time.'

But not everyone agrees. Uber's tech lead says tokenmaxxing is ending. Cognition's CEO says ranking engineers by token use misses the point. Focus on actual results instead.