# Cloud is becoming a trillion-dollar oligopoly

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-07-15
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "Akash Network Deep Dive: The Unstoppable Cloud, Powered by Cosmos!" (Cryptocito)
- **Watch at:** 00:05:44 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0iInoQojyg&t=344s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-07-15-cloud-is-becoming-a-trillion-dollar-oligopoly-lrwg/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Cloud is becoming a trillion-dollar oligopoly," "Akash Network Deep Dive: The Unstoppable Cloud, Powered by Cosmos!" (Cryptocito), 15 Jul 2021, 00:05:44. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0iInoQojyg&t=344s

## Quote — verbatim

> You have this cloud basically getting consolidated into four companies — like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Alibaba — all creating effectively an oligopoly... and that industry is growing at such a rapid pace I believe it's going to be a trillion-dollar industry very very soon.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Origin-story framing of the supply-demand mismatch Akash connects; he later argues oligopolies "don't innovate — it's all about value extraction" using airlines and cell carriers as examples (00:19:57), and cites companies paying ~20% of revenues to Amazon (00:21:22).