# AI-crypto convergence forced by energy and privacy crises

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-03-28
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Akash Network - Decentralized Cloud Built for AI's Next Frontier (DePIN Connection)
- **Watch at:** 01:04:16 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVl2mVHRyo&t=3856s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2026-03-28-ai-crypto-convergence-forced-by-energy-and-privacy-7zc2/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "AI-crypto convergence forced by energy and privacy crises," Akash Network - Decentralized Cloud Built for AI's Next Frontier (DePIN Connection), 28 Mar 2026, 01:04:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVl2mVHRyo&t=3856s

## Quote — verbatim

> Real world is AI and I think AI convergence with crypto is going to be incredible unlock for society. I think the energy crisis, the privacy crisis, all these are going to force people to use crypto a lot more.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

After sketching an on-chain model-royalties concept — contribute compute to train a model in exchange for tokenized future revenue usable as collateral; criticizes DEX/NFT/meme "casino" distractions.