# Akash predicted the GPU shortage in its 2018 whitepaper

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-08-02
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri of Akash on Unlocking DePIN Capabilities for AI Model Training (Nebular)
- **Watch at:** 00:07:18 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWKVdqzUBAg&t=438s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2024-08-02-akash-predicted-the-gpu-shortage-in-its-2018-white-rrno/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash predicted the GPU shortage in its 2018 whitepaper," Greg Osuri of Akash on Unlocking DePIN Capabilities for AI Model Training (Nebular), 2 Aug 2024, 00:07:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWKVdqzUBAg&t=438s

## Quote — verbatim

> We wrote a paper in 2018 describing what Akash Network would look like, and we actually talked about GPUs in 2018, but nobody really paid attention to the GPU shortage then — but it's very obvious now, seeing the success of ChatGPT.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Positioning Akash as having anticipated the AI compute crunch years before ChatGPT made it mainstream.