# The peer-to-peer cloud: ML clusters earn AKT in downtime

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-03-19
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Sunny Aggarwal, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 01:19:10 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTE_qXoFvM&t=4750s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2021-03-19-the-peer-to-peer-cloud-ml-clusters-earn-akt-in-dow-2exc/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The peer-to-peer cloud: ML clusters earn AKT in downtime," The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Sunny Aggarwal, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network), 19 Mar 2021, 01:19:10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTE_qXoFvM&t=4750s

## Quote — verbatim

> They can install Akash and earn compute credits in AKT tokens in their downtime, and when they want to peak they can use this AKT tokens to actually use for compute. So you essentially create a very amazing mechanism where the provider becomes a tenant and vice versa. It's a self-serving ecosystem of a peer-to-peer cloud... that's only possible on Akash.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

ML companies' in-house clusters sit idle most of the day; he adds "we have machine learning companies knocking on our door" and the key technical unlock is GPU multi-tenancy ([01:19:52]).