# Open compute as national strategy and line of defense

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-06-24
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Accelerate 2025: Official Livestream (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 04:41:37 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVrlo7XJA0&t=16897s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2025-06-24-open-compute-as-national-strategy-and-line-of-defe-l3uo/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Open compute as national strategy and line of defense," Akash Accelerate 2025: Official Livestream (Akash Network), 24 Jun 2025, 04:41:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVrlo7XJA0&t=16897s

## Quote — verbatim

> Centralized AI infrastructure creates single points of failure — physical, geopolitical and economic... We're not just talking about uptime. We're talking about national strategy. In a world where compute is power, open systems are the line of defense. This is how we preserve freedom in the age of digital acceleration, by decentralizing the power that drives it.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Precedes his five policy asks: fast-track permits, interconnect reform, tax credits for decentralized infrastructure, accelerating SMRs, and legal clarity for DePIN.