Garry Tan's Grok-Generated Lobster Avatar Goes Viral

Y Combinator president Garry Tan used Grok's image generation to create a photo of himself in a full lobster costume, praising the results and setting it as his new avatar. Sentry founder David Cramer amplified the joke, quipping that Tan looked 'a bit too short,' sparking playful banter across the developer community.

2026-09-04 ~ 2026-09-04 · 3 related posts

• Garry Tan Impressed by Grok Image Generation, Sets Lobster-Costume Portrait as Avatar — garrytan · 2026-09-04
• Sentry founder praises Grok's 'quite impressive' image generation while ribbing Garry Tan — zeeg · 2026-09-04
• The Grok image banter continues: 'you do look a little too short tbh' — zeeg · 2026-09-04