$19B of post-merge GPUs need a market — and Akash is ready
Akash Weekly - November 9th 2022 (Akash Network)
“The need for GPUs is like doubling every four months and we are ready. About 19 billion dollars worth of GPUs are sitting dormant because of eth merge — that all needs to see the market, and Akash is ready to get into this. Don’t confuse GPUs for GPU mining — these GPUs are used for something useful, which is essentially AI.” — 00:58:56
Context: His 12-18 month outlook for Akash: Mainnet 4 shipping the next week, Mainnet 5 with GPUs soon after, and generative art/AI named as an emerging GPU-hungry narrative.