# "The spice must flow" — GPUs sell themselves without demand incentives

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-06-09
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** Akash Accelerate '24: Official Recap (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 04:00:29 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYeAVvuNLI&t=14429s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2024-06-09-the-spice-must-flow-gpus-sell-themselves-without-d-jim6/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, ""The spice must flow" — GPUs sell themselves without demand incentives," Akash Accelerate '24: Official Recap (Akash Network), 9 Jun 2024, 04:00:29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYeAVvuNLI&t=14429s

## Quote — verbatim

> People come to Akash to get access to a resource that they can't get access to. I call it the spice — spice must flow. So fortunately we're in a position where we don't need to incentivize further to get adoption.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

AMA answer on why Akash doesn't run demand-side grant programs, comparing Akash's first-mover position to early Ethereum.