OpenAI can't buy GPUs — proof of demand
Akash Mainnet 6 Livestream (Akash Network)
“Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, said their biggest limitation to scale the company is access to GPUs… OpenAI is on track to make a billion dollars this year, so a billion-dollar company in revenue run rate, with I believe 30 billion dollars in cash, is unable to get GPUs. So you can clearly see there’s a demand for GPUs here.” — 01:58:04
Context: Answering “what’s the 2024 agenda”; he also quotes Elon Musk’s line that GPUs are “harder to get than drugs” and says distribution plus friction removal, not marketing, is Akash’s focus for the next 1-2 years.