# \~1% of global GDP will go to machine learning; that's Akash's success metric

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-09-29
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Network - Chat With a Founder Greg Osuri (Don Cryptonium)
- **Watch at:** 01:35:03 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDA9wqZmsY8&t=5703s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2023-09-29-1-of-global-gdp-will-go-to-machine-learning-that-s-ssqz/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "\~1% of global GDP will go to machine learning; that's Akash's success metric," Akash Network - Chat With a Founder Greg Osuri (Don Cryptonium), 29 Sept 2023, 01:35:03. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDA9wqZmsY8&t=5703s

## Quote — verbatim

> Today I saw some stat... it said one percent of global GDP will be used for machine learning very soon... I want Akash to have a sizable market share of the one percent of GDP. That's my metric of success for Akash.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Rejecting a "500 large customers" Palantir-style model in favor of mass adoption; "we have something Amazon, Google and Microsoft does not have... year of 2023, where we are pre-AGI."