Garry Tan: Inference Compute Could Grow 90,000x in Three Years
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-03
Y Combinator President Garry Tan stated that spending about $100,000 annually on tokens could essentially provide a 2028 average person's lifestyle today. He predicts that token costs will continue to drop while compute surges, with inference compute growing an estimated 90,000x over the next three years, making AI capabilities widely accessible.
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