H100s at $1.46/hour vs. $12 on Amazon — if you can get one at all
"Keynote from Greg Osuri: \"Journey to Acceleration & Beyond\" - Akash Accelerate '24" (Akash Network)
“The price points are so attractive — you can get sub-$2 H100s on demand, which is unheard of… an H100 on Akash costs about $1.46; the same thing would cost about $12 on Amazon, if you can get it… In order to get H100s you need to get into these long contracts. No one’s going to give a researcher [who] wants two H100s on demand.” — 00:16:30
Context: On the GPU supply shortage locking out researchers and startups without millions for hyperscaler contracts; ties to the Semafor story (“the spice must flow”) he cites as mainstream press’s first positive crypto coverage [00:17:14]. Quote begins in the [00:15:45] block.