Sam Altman said that OpenAI will offer Y Combinator's current batch an equity-for-tokens deal. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images OpenAI offered $2 million in tokens in exchange for equity in the current class of Y Combinator-backed startups. Sam Altman wrote on X that he was "excited to see what will happen with tokenmaxxing startups." It's another sign of how AI has changed the economics of building a company. Before some startup founders raise their Series A, they'll be raising AI token