# The cloud is closed: four companies control 81%

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-01-30
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Unstoppable Live Stream w/ Greg Osuri and Brian Fox (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:07:46 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kkj0veGYJU&t=466s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-01-30-the-cloud-is-closed-four-companies-control-81-niuh/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The cloud is closed: four companies control 81%," The Unstoppable Live Stream w/ Greg Osuri and Brian Fox (Akash Network), 30 Jan 2021, 00:07:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kkj0veGYJU&t=466s

## Quote — verbatim

> That cloud is increasingly becoming more closed, with 81 percent or so market share controlled by four companies.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering what inspired him to build Akash; he likens cloud oligopoly to what Microsoft/Apple did to open software.