# GPUs on Akash within three months; AI avatar apps as first killer demand

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-01-13
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** Most UNDERRATED Cosmos GEM? Akash Network Deep Dive with Greg Osuri! (Cryptocito)
- **Watch at:** 00:23:02 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdQFOS-uG_A&t=1382s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2023-01-13-gpus-on-akash-within-three-months-ai-avatar-apps-a-jols/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "GPUs on Akash within three months; AI avatar apps as first killer demand," Most UNDERRATED Cosmos GEM? Akash Network Deep Dive with Greg Osuri! (Cryptocito), 13 Jan 2023, 00:23:02. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdQFOS-uG_A&t=1382s

## Quote — verbatim

> We're looking at next three months... we're expecting next three months, but then all our progress is going to be fully public.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Timeline for the first GPUs on Akash (GPU testnet ultimately ran mid-2023). Earlier he sizes the demand: each AI avatar training "takes about 30 minutes on a GPU... costs about 10 to 20 [dollars]; with Akash should be able to reduce the price point like five to four dollars," noting "Lensa alone was making a million dollars a day."