# Akash is the first commercial implementation of a supercloud

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-10-28
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly - October 28th 2022 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:57:37 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SEzEtNZ8k&t=3457s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-10-28-akash-is-the-first-commercial-implementation-of-a-rih5/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash is the first commercial implementation of a supercloud," Akash Weekly - October 28th 2022 (Akash Network), 28 Oct 2022, 00:57:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SEzEtNZ8k&t=3457s

## Quote — verbatim

> Data centers are great to get sovereignty, but they're not good to scale... \[a layer that\] gives you a homogeneous way to \[run the cloud\] on a heterogeneous resource set — that is a supercloud, and Akash is the first commercial implementation of a supercloud... The cloud evolved — how you think about cloud in a modern sense is not how you thought about cloud in the web2 sense.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Closing the AMA on long-term strategy; credits Cornell's 2016 supercloud concept and cites Hey.com/Dropbox-style cloud exits as the demand driver.