# Crypto AI isn't dead — distributed training will "hit you hard"

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-02-12
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** "DACM Insights: Decentralizing AI, The Akash Approach" (DACM Insights)
- **Watch at:** 00:25:22 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQONg2f0zQc&t=1522s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2026-02-12-crypto-ai-isn-t-dead-distributed-training-will-hit-zwzz/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Crypto AI isn't dead — distributed training will "hit you hard"," "DACM Insights: Decentralizing AI, The Akash Approach" (DACM Insights), 12 Feb 2026, 00:25:22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQONg2f0zQc&t=1522s

## Quote — verbatim

> People say crypto AI is dead. I'm like, well, no, we're just getting started. All the junk is gone — that's supposed to happen... But I think the next version of crypto AI is going to solve distributed training. It's going to solve distributed training in such ways that you would never see it coming from a million miles — it's going to hit you hard.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Countering the market narrative (post-2024 capitulation, stablecoin mania); he adds it's "a great time to invest because now you see a lot of signal" vs. 2024's noise and fraud.