Burn

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Anderson: $1M+ salaries can make sense when GPU spend dominates burn
“In terms of like total spend on GPUs, it can still be a total, a small fraction of your burn. So sometimes it kind of makes sense.”
Brandon Anderson Jan 28, 2026 ▶ 53:14 🔬 From Red Teaming GPT-4 to Automating Drug Discovery: The Future of AI in Science — Andrew White
Koomen: Pre-PMF money only buys time, and higher burn destroys it
“When you're pre-product market fit, to your point, The only goal is to find product market fit, and money can't help with that. The only thing money can buy you pre-product market fit is time to figure it out. Every time you increase your burn, you're decreasi…”
Pete Koomen Feb 12, 2025 ▶ 23:57 The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup · Y Combinator
Santalo: Outsourcing engineering to agencies usually increases cash burn
“The outsourcing usually increases the burn.”
Albert Santalo Aug 20, 2022 ▶ 14:23 How he negotiated term sheet to raise $10m and pivot his no code platform from services to SaaS

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