Garry Tan: replace LLM calls with deterministic code, cut compliance costs from $100k+ to under $30k
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-10-13
YC president Garry Tan endorsed agent harness designs that move repetitive steps from expensive LLM calls into deterministic code, citing compliance workloads dropping from hundreds of thousands of dollars to under $30k. He calls it a no-brainer: it improves both cost and reliability, and yields code that better matches what users want — reserving models for tasks that need judgment.
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