# Akash vs AWS is Airbnb vs Hilton

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-04-24
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly: Introducing new VP of Engineering, Chanda Dharap (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:41:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOJlsI_CX0&t=2495s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-04-24-akash-vs-aws-is-airbnb-vs-hilton-eoty/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash vs AWS is Airbnb vs Hilton," Akash Weekly: Introducing new VP of Engineering, Chanda Dharap (Akash Network), 24 Apr 2022, 00:41:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOJlsI_CX0&t=2495s

## Quote — verbatim

> 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.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering how AWS/Azure view Akash; argues open compute marketplaces are structurally impossible for incumbents to replicate.