# Nvidia is Akash's biggest user and its only crypto protocol

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-09-27
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri - Democratizing Access to AI Resources - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2024 (TOKEN2049)
- **Watch at:** 00:12:25 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sv3EOSDnL8&t=745s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2024-09-27-nvidia-is-akash-s-biggest-user-and-its-only-crypto-ngtw/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Nvidia is Akash's biggest user and its only crypto protocol," Greg Osuri - Democratizing Access to AI Resources - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2024 (TOKEN2049), 27 Sept 2024, 00:12:25. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sv3EOSDnL8&t=745s

## Quote — verbatim

> Nvidia happens to be a biggest user of Akash. In fact, Akash is the only crypto protocol Nvidia uses — Akash is integrated into Nvidia products. And incredible companies like Nous Research, which happens to be a top tier AI team that's working on decentralized training, to University of Texas, to \[Rochester Institute\] of Technology.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Adoption proof points; also cites Venice AI as a privacy-optimized ChatGPT replacement he personally uses.