Jeff Dean says he'd be fine with engineers spending $10M/yr on AI tools
deedydas · x · 2026-11-12
Jeff Dean said on stage at Menlo that he'd be comfortable with engineers spending up to $10M/yr on AI tools — a figure the poster notes works out to a trivial $10/yr per person scale.
The interview also covered Discovery Loop, how he interviews candidates, RSI, his new developer setup, and a live estimate of the compute needed to run Instinct. Video coming soon.
Related event: Jeff Dean Fine with $10M Per Engineer Yearly for AI Tools(3 posts)→
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