Bittensor's emissions already rival OpenAI's revenue
"Greg Osuri | Founder of Akash Network: Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI" (Beacon Podcast)
“[OpenAI] makes about $2 billion a year… in revenue. Now what the emissions are for BitTensor per year? $1.5 billion… BitTensor has similar levels of revenues or emissions as open AI revenue. So we are right there at that scale.” — 01:06:22
Context: His evidence that decentralized AI is already economically competitive; he adds that Bittensor sustains top researchers (Nous Research, ex-Stability talent) and that FAANG AI talent is moving to incentivized open source (01:07:03-01:07:49). Whisper renders “OpenAI” as “opening AI.”