Akash vs AWS is Airbnb vs Hilton
Akash Weekly: Introducing new VP of Engineering, Chanda Dharap (Akash Network)
“Akash has what, 600 active deployments, compared to a 500 billion dollar business which is Amazon Web Services — we’re not a threat yet… it’s going to be more of an Airbnb versus Hilton. Hilton did not deem Airbnb as a threat until they surpassed Hiltons and all the hotel chains’ market cap… similarly Amazons and Googles and Microsofts can’t offer what Akash can offer — their model is not set up that way.” — 00:41:35
Context: Answering how AWS/Azure view Akash; argues open compute marketplaces are structurally impossible for incumbents to replicate.