# Compute should be as free as the air we breathe

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-02-04
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Network Explained: Everything You Need To Know Before Investing by Founder Greg Osuri (Founder School)
- **Watch at:** 00:08:48 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43OCZf2LO0&t=528s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2025-02-04-compute-should-be-as-free-as-the-air-we-breathe-d4lr/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Compute should be as free as the air we breathe," Akash Network Explained: Everything You Need To Know Before Investing by Founder Greg Osuri (Founder School), 4 Feb 2025, 00:08:48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43OCZf2LO0&t=528s

## Quote — verbatim

> We believe compute should be a public utility. Compute should be as free as the air we breathe and water we drink, and that's the future we're all building towards. What that means is restoration \[of\] sovereignty: we need to have control over our data, we need to have control of our compute, and we need to empower communities rather than corporations to drive this technological progress.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His recurring public-utility thesis, presented as the industry's "new era of decentralization."