YC startups are said to receive $2 million in OpenAI tokens for R&D

Credits can now be used during the R&D phase as tokens, a change described as likely to have significantly increased the rate at which YC companies use them.

OpenAI is said to provide any YC company with $2 million worth of tokens. An accompanying opinion argues that founders tackling difficult problems should take the allocation and asks whether a team can turn $2 million in tokens into $100 million in enterprise value.