Y Combinator's guide to being an AI-native company: tokenmaxx, don't headcountmaxx

Y Combinator partner Diana Hu said that maximizing token usage will be "the critical shift." Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In Y Combinator's "Startup School," partner Diana Hu advocated for startups to begin tokenmaxxing. "Maximizing token usage, not head count, will be the critical shift," Hu said. Tokens measure spending on AI compute. Hu said founders need to be willing to run an "uncomfortably high API bill." Tokenmaxxing isn't just a trend; it's...