# Own AI or be owned by it

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-12-18
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri Founder Akash Network \| Cosmoverse Dubai 2024! (pinoyweb3TV)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:14 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zIidH8Cr2w&t=134s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2024-12-18-own-ai-or-be-owned-by-it-xc4v/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Own AI or be owned by it," Greg Osuri Founder Akash Network \| Cosmoverse Dubai 2024! (pinoyweb3TV), 18 Dec 2024, 00:02:14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zIidH8Cr2w&t=134s

## Quote — verbatim

> We're at this crossroads of this incredible technology wave called AI, and if we don't own the AI, we will be owned by the companies that give us AI. That is the impact Akash is having — Akash makes you, the user, own your compute.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His signature ownership thesis on AI infrastructure.