# OpenAI can't buy GPUs — proof of demand

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-08-31
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** Akash Mainnet 6 Livestream (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 01:58:04 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqKYTTQUwCM&t=7084s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2023-08-31-openai-can-t-buy-gpus-proof-of-demand-wnvv/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "OpenAI can't buy GPUs — proof of demand," Akash Mainnet 6 Livestream (Akash Network), 31 Aug 2023, 01:58:04. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqKYTTQUwCM&t=7084s

## Quote — verbatim

> 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.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

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.