# "If it runs on Amazon, it runs on Akash"

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-05-12
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "Base Layer Episode 209: Greg Osuri, Founder of Akash Network on Decentralizing Compute" (Base Layer)
- **Watch at:** 00:29:56 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/base-layer-episode-209-greg-osuri-founder-of-akash/id1445373535?i=1000521492647
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-05-12-if-it-runs-on-amazon-it-runs-on-akash-bsm3/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, ""If it runs on Amazon, it runs on Akash"," "Base Layer Episode 209: Greg Osuri, Founder of Akash Network on Decentralizing Compute" (Base Layer), 12 May 2021, 00:29:56. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/base-layer-episode-209-greg-osuri-founder-of-akash/id1445373535?i=1000521492647

## Quote — verbatim

> One of the things about Akash is it's a generic cloud platform. So any machine learning application can run essentially. It's not like a specialized computing language or anything like that. If it runs on Amazon, it runs on Akash.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Distinguishing Akash from special-purpose compute networks; a recurring compatibility claim, followed by the closing "Uniswap-style deployment experience for the cloud" line (00:31:24).