# Akash is Airbnb economics vs. cloud's Hilton economics

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-09-26
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** AWS at a Fraction of the Price – Greg Osuri \| Akash Network (We are DePIN)
- **Watch at:** 00:35:17 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esawduwv7AA&t=2117s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2024-09-26-akash-is-airbnb-economics-vs-cloud-s-hilton-econom-zcbo/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash is Airbnb economics vs. cloud's Hilton economics," AWS at a Fraction of the Price – Greg Osuri \| Akash Network (We are DePIN), 26 Sept 2024, 00:35:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esawduwv7AA&t=2117s

## Quote — verbatim

> Most compute on Akash is underutilized compute, not cloud compute... same mechanics, same economics as Airbnb versus Hilton. Hilton, they have to sell you at margin, where Airbnb... they have a room they're not using, so they'll take whatever they could get.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Explaining why Akash can undercut AWS: supply is idle corporate GPU fleets (ex-mining boxes, debt-financed H100 hoards) rather than margin-seeking cloud inventory.