# Breaking the four-company cloud oligopoly

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-02-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:48 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUeDGAt7IUk&t=168s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-02-19-breaking-the-four-company-cloud-oligopoly-u4ng/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Breaking the four-company cloud oligopoly," The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network), 19 Feb 2021, 00:02:48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUeDGAt7IUk&t=168s

## Quote — verbatim

> The cloud, which is the foundational fabric of modern society... is increasingly becoming centralized, controlled by four companies. Number one thing Akash addresses is breaking this oligopoly and giving cloud back to the people.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answer to "what need does Akash's decentralized cloud marketplace address"; his foundational recurring thesis. (Captions render "cloud" as "clout.")