# Cloud providers are middlemen exploiting demand without solving supply

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-03-05
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Alessio Treglia, Jack Zampolin, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:10:40 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOqIm4Mfu8&t=640s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-03-05-cloud-providers-are-middlemen-exploiting-demand-wi-hbys/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Cloud providers are middlemen exploiting demand without solving supply," The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Alessio Treglia, Jack Zampolin, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network), 5 Mar 2021, 00:10:40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOqIm4Mfu8&t=640s

## Quote — verbatim

> We have this increased demand for the cloud which currently is about 370 billion dollars and you have this increased supply that's not used, and you have this middlemen called cloud providers that they take advantage of the increased demand but not really solving the supply problems.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Core recurring Akash argument — the founding inefficiency thesis that led to an open, decentralized compute marketplace.