# Hyperscalers will route users through Akash to competitors' GPUs

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-05-12
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** AI SUPERCLOUD with Greg Osuri of Akash Network (The Interop)
- **Watch at:** 01:20:52 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAuW6cUWkR8&t=4852s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2023-05-12-hyperscalers-will-route-users-through-akash-to-com-eto3/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Hyperscalers will route users through Akash to competitors' GPUs," AI SUPERCLOUD with Greg Osuri of Akash Network (The Interop), 12 May 2023, 01:20:52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAuW6cUWkR8&t=4852s

## Quote — verbatim

> In the future you won't be surprised to see an Amazon user using a GPU on Google, paying using their Amazon account, and actually not leaving Amazon... now Amazon has a way to retain the user... and actually work with a competitor — and Akash is the bridge.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering an audience question about conversations with Google/Amazon; says web3 teams at both view Akash as "a critical piece of the future of the cloud" (he explicitly denies any Microsoft talks). "Akash is the bridge" lands at 01:21:35.