# Akash is the first viable open cloud, 97% cheaper

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2022-12-11
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Ask Akash - What problem does Akash solve? Can it scale? (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:42 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maqn563IeRY&t=42s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-12-11-akash-is-the-first-viable-open-cloud-97-cheaper-xi5o/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "Akash is the first viable open cloud, 97% cheaper," Ask Akash - What problem does Akash solve? Can it scale? (Akash Network), 11 Dec 2022, 00:00:42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maqn563IeRY&t=42s

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash is the first viable attempt to decentralizing this oligopolized closed system called cloud computing... the outcome is an amazing non-custodial system where you have complete control of your deployments that's 97 \[percent\] cheaper than the cloud.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Framing answer on what problem Akash solves; pairs with "cloud is the fabric of human society — everyone's data is stored on the cloud and we have no idea how that's handled." **Speaker:** uncredited Ask Akash answer; likely Greg.