# GPUs are the new spice

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-03-30
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** X Spaces with Akash Network: Democratizing Compute on Subnet 27 (Nodexo)
- **Watch at:** 00:09:31 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77HfFvrhmsQ&t=571s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2024-03-30-gpus-are-the-new-spice-oyzi/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "GPUs are the new spice," X Spaces with Akash Network: Democratizing Compute on Subnet 27 (Nodexo), 30 Mar 2024, 00:09:31. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77HfFvrhmsQ&t=571s

## Quote — verbatim

> Spice was the most valuable commodity before oil — think about it, the whole East India Company, the largest corporation in the world, went after spice in the 1600s... spice was the most valuable commodity before oil, and now it's back.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

The host cites Greg's "GPU is the new spice" line (and Sam Altman's "compute is the currency of the future"); Greg explains the historical metaphor, helped along by Dune's release.