GPU scarcity even for the richest; idle GPUs are the answer
Akash Network: A New Era of Affordable, Decentralized Cloud Computing with Greg Osuri | Varuni (Thecoinrepublic)
“Elon Musk is famously known for saying how hard it is to get GPUs — him being the richest man of the world — he said something in the lines of GPUs are harder to get than drugs… Larry Ellison was last week talking about how he had dinner with Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, and literally begging him… to give GPUs, and Jensen wouldn’t give because he just don’t have them.” — 00:06:37
Context: Illustrating that GPU demand outstrips supply so badly that even the wealthiest can’t buy them, motivating Akash’s marketplace for idle GPUs.