Caveman, the token-saving 'caveman speak' tool with 111k GitHub stars, launches 4.0 and Cloud
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-14
Caveman (YC F26) started as a joke: founder Julius Brussee made Claude speak like a caveman to get his AI bill under his grocery bill. It now has 111k GitHub stars and is a company.
- Today the team launched Caveman 4.0 and Caveman Cloud
- The pitch remains aggressive token compression: "Why use many token when few do trick?"
- A rare case of a prompt-engineering cost-saving gag turning into a YC-backed business
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