# Akash is the Airbnb of GPU contracts

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-10-28
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** 1on1 Greg Osuri - Akash (Jerry V Hall)
- **Watch at:** 00:38:17 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubYh3RfdQHA&t=2297s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2023-10-28-akash-is-the-airbnb-of-gpu-contracts-mnyf/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash is the Airbnb of GPU contracts," 1on1 Greg Osuri - Akash (Jerry V Hall), 28 Oct 2023, 00:38:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubYh3RfdQHA&t=2297s

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash is a secondary market — it is like Airbnb... you'll get an apartment for a year because there's no other way to get them, and now what do you do the 11 months of the year when you're not in the apartment? You lease it out.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Startups forced into year-long prepaid GPU contracts offload unused capacity on Akash; one of five provider types he lists, including miners post-merge and ML firms leasing depreciated A100s for tax advantages.