Y Combinator managing partner Garry Tan has joked that he suffers from “cyber psychosis” and sometimes barely sleeps because he is so excited to work with his AI agents.
Y Combinator · Podcast remarks
"Cyber psychosis": a startup leader's joke about his AI agents
Garry Tan, managing partner of Y Combinator, joked that he suffers from "cyber psychosis" and sometimes barely sleeps because he is so excited to work with his AI agents. The remarks came in a new episode of Walter Isaacson's podcast.
What an AI agent is, in the article's terms
A software system that carries out multistep tasks on a user's behalf with limited supervision.
STEP 1
Goal
User sets a task
→
STEP 2
Multistep work
Agent plans and acts across steps
→
STEP 3
Limited supervision
Little human oversight in between
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STEP 4
Result
Output returned to the user
What the remarks signal
Personal enthusiasm from a prominent startup figure
Builders are actively experimenting with agentic AI
Influential leaders can shape how founders think about the category
What remains unclear
Practical reliability and economic value are still being tested
The specific agents Tan uses and the projects he works on
Whether the comments reflect an investment thesis or strategy
How to read the remarks
Presented as humor, not as a technical claim or product announcement.
Tone
A lighthearted admission, not a formal statement
Detail
The excerpt gives no further detail on agents or projects
Program
No new Y Combinator program tied to agents was identified
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