# Bittensor's emissions already rival OpenAI's revenue

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-06-18
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** "Greg Osuri \| Founder of Akash Network: Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI" (Beacon Podcast)
- **Watch at:** 01:06:22 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-of-akash-network-liberty/id1626302528?i=1000659451844
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2024-06-18-bittensor-s-emissions-already-rival-openai-s-reven-6evb/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Bittensor's emissions already rival OpenAI's revenue," "Greg Osuri \| Founder of Akash Network: Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI" (Beacon Podcast), 18 Jun 2024, 01:06:22. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-of-akash-network-liberty/id1626302528?i=1000659451844

## Quote — verbatim

> \[OpenAI\] 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.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

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."