# $1.5T AI spend vs a $200M market cap

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-06-15
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** RNDR, Supercloud, 1.5T AI Market Cap – Interview with Greg Osuri about Akash (Design DAO)
- **Watch at:** 00:58:31 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHnfFIavA8&t=3511s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2023-06-15-1-5t-ai-spend-vs-a-200m-market-cap-3wxi/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "$1.5T AI spend vs a $200M market cap," RNDR, Supercloud, 1.5T AI Market Cap – Interview with Greg Osuri about Akash (Design DAO), 15 Jun 2023, 00:58:31. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHnfFIavA8&t=3511s

## Quote — verbatim

> You think about where AI is going: the spend in next five years is expected to be 1.5 trillion dollars — a trillion with a T... and Akash's market cap is what, 200 million? So if you look at room for growth, there is quite a lot. And again, none of this is financial advice.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering why AKT "didn't take off" — no NFT/DeFi narrative fit and Cosmos liquidity constraints; he says he still holds his original developer allocation and takes a seven-year view.