# Nvidia is Akash's biggest user — the only crypto protocol it uses

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-02-04
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Network Explained: Everything You Need To Know Before Investing by Founder Greg Osuri (Founder School)
- **Watch at:** 00:12:22 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43OCZf2LO0&t=742s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2025-02-04-nvidia-is-akash-s-biggest-user-the-only-crypto-pro-xk67/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Nvidia is Akash's biggest user — the only crypto protocol it uses," Akash Network Explained: Everything You Need To Know Before Investing by Founder Greg Osuri (Founder School), 4 Feb 2025, 00:12:22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43OCZf2LO0&t=742s

## 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 — Akash has a wide ecosystem in the traditional AI world and also in the decentralized world.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Ecosystem section; he also highlights Venice AI (Erik Voorhees's privacy-optimized ChatGPT replacement) and 50% quarter-over-quarter lease growth.