# Jeff Dean says engineers could spend up to $10M a year on AI tools

> Original title: “I would be comfortable with engineers spending up to $10M/yr on AI tools” – Jeff Dean

- Source: Deedy
- Published: 2026-11-11T16:03:20.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/cxymwl9l9081ul9x66bn4df7v
- Original: https://x.com/deedydas/status/2120547937042477338

## Summary

Jeff Dean says he would be comfortable with engineers spending up to $10M per year on AI tools. Deedy, who interviewed Dean on the Menlo stage, says the conversation covered Discovery Loop, candidate interviews, RSI, and Dean's developer setup. A video is due out soon.

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“I would be comfortable with engineers spending up to $10M/yr on AI tools” – Jeff Dean

Was an absolute privilege to interview one of my idols, Jeff Dean, on the Menlo stage last week.

We talked about Discovery Loop, how he interviews candidates, RSI, his new developer set up and even asked him to live estimate the compute it would take to run Instinct.

Video out soon!

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