# Next 12 months: managed-services marketplace makes Akash a "network of networks" and pays open-source creators

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-09-10
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Network - The Decentralized Compute Marketplace (The Crypto Conversation (Brave New Coin))
- **Watch at:** 00:29:26 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/akash-network-the-decentralized-compute-marketplace/id1471243424?i=1000669078512
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2024-09-10-next-12-months-managed-services-marketplace-makes-ctcy/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Next 12 months: managed-services marketplace makes Akash a "network of networks" and pays open-source creators," Akash Network - The Decentralized Compute Marketplace (The Crypto Conversation (Brave New Coin)), 10 Sept 2024, 00:29:26. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/akash-network-the-decentralized-compute-marketplace/id1471243424?i=1000669078512

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash is introducing \[a\] Managed Services Marketplace. Now it transitions from a service that offers compute... to a network of networks... the creators of Postgres, or creators of MySQL... offering their services... and get a cut for their creation. So we're empowering open source creators with a business model because open source cloud needs open source software to function.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

The mid-term path to AWS parity (Amazon's ~500 managed services); quote spans into the 00:30:06 block, with the 12-month shipping timeline stated at 00:30:06.