# Akash AI in 45 days — best AI developer product, not a crypto product

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-02-25
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Network Live with Greg Osuri: Akash's progress in 2023, open community development, and more (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:43:52 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz-Oara8i78&t=2632s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2023-02-25-akash-ai-in-45-days-best-ai-developer-product-not-lkee/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash AI in 45 days — best AI developer product, not a crypto product," Akash Network Live with Greg Osuri: Akash's progress in 2023, open community development, and more (Akash Network), 25 Feb 2023, 00:43:52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz-Oara8i78&t=2632s

## Quote — verbatim

> The major, major, major milestone I think the next 45 days is going to be Akash AI... It is going to be the best AI developer product and that's the goal. It's not about non-custodial nature, it's not about crypto... AI developers are not going to use Akash because it's decentralized; AI developers are going to use Akash because they get cheap GPUs and good developer experience.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

A deliberate break from Akash's no-UI tradition — verticalizing for AI because "if we don't move rapidly to capture this market we may lose out." Product framing at [00:25:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz-Oara8i78&t=1510s) and [00:25:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz-Oara8i78&t=1553s); motivated by crypto-wallet onboarding friction he saw at AI hackathons.