# Cloud is the new telco

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-06-12
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The GPU crisis that AI needs solved now. W/ Greg Osuri, CEO Overclock Labs Akash Network (Parks and Decentralization)
- **Watch at:** 00:10:51 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCkBP7Pw6Y&t=651s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2023-06-12-cloud-is-the-new-telco-k6v3/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Cloud is the new telco," The GPU crisis that AI needs solved now. W/ Greg Osuri, CEO Overclock Labs Akash Network (Parks and Decentralization), 12 Jun 2023, 00:10:51. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCkBP7Pw6Y&t=651s

## Quote — verbatim

> Government has to step in and break them down — like break AT&T down — without which we wouldn't have the internet. Think about it. We are similar in cloud infrastructure: cloud is the new telco and it's heavily gated.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Comparing the AWS/Google/Microsoft/Alibaba oligopoly to the pre-breakup telephone monopoly; notes the US government was investigating AWS for anti-competitive practices.