# Akash as the world's first decentralized supercloud; Nvidia its biggest user

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-09-27
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** IOSG OFR 13th Panel \| GPU Symphony: Decentralized Compute Power (IOSG Ventures)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:08 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UG21_OaZLo&t=128s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2024-09-27-akash-as-the-world-s-first-decentralized-superclou-nvyx/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash as the world's first decentralized supercloud; Nvidia its biggest user," IOSG OFR 13th Panel \| GPU Symphony: Decentralized Compute Power (IOSG Ventures), 27 Sept 2024, 00:02:08. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UG21_OaZLo&t=128s

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash is the world's first decentralized supercloud, and the core essence of a supercloud is where you can decouple the control plane from resource plane, where the resource plane can consist of any cloud-capable computer, orchestrated in a decentralized and open manner.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Self-introduction; he adds Akash serves users "the biggest user being Nvidia, integrated directly into Nvidia products" and decentralized AI protocols like Venice AI ([00:02:52]).