First foundation model trained on a decentralized cloud; centralized-superiority "going to be debunked"
How Akash Network is Democratizing Access to Cloud GPUs | Greg Osuri (0xResearch)
“We saw a full foundation model proposal to run on Akash that consumes about 24,000 A100 [hours] — the first time ever a foundational model is being trained on a decentralized cloud. The notion today that foundational training is a lot better on centralized versus decentralized is going to be debunked.” — 00:28:57
Context: Governance proposal had just passed; he says confidence is “fairly high” and “we should see a functioning model in three months if we play our cards right” (00:33:59), with an in-depth trade-off report to follow.