# Half of SaaS margins go to Amazon

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-10-12
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** Blockchain &amp; Cloud Computing - Akash Network W/ Greg Osuri (Arcane Bear)
- **Watch at:** 00:29:07 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO-UpAZx-KM&t=1747s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2021-10-12-half-of-saas-margins-go-to-amazon-bkdm/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Half of SaaS margins go to Amazon," Blockchain &amp; Cloud Computing - Akash Network W/ Greg Osuri (Arcane Bear), 12 Oct 2021, 00:29:07. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO-UpAZx-KM&t=1747s

## Quote — verbatim

> Machine learning is so expensive that if you look at any S1 filings from web 2 companies like Snowflake or whatnot, there's a strong indication that 50 percent or so of margins actually go to pay Amazon bills.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Why machine learning is the enterprise use case Akash targets first; even 10-20% savings is material for public companies.
