In April, cofounder Sarthak Dhawan's token use jumped from $20,000 to $30,000. ATHVisions/Getty Images Startup cofounder Sarthak Dhawan said he accidentally spent around $30,000 on AI tokens in a month. He said they don't have a set AI token budget and prioritize speed. Switching to a different setting on his Claude Code brought the costs back down. This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Sarthak Dhawan, a 21-year-old cofounder of Turbo AI, based in New York. His words have been e