In the 2023 GPU crisis, Akash was the only one with GPUs
The Remote Work Tribe Podcast: Greg Osuri (The Remote Work Tribe Podcast)
“It really became prominent in 23 timeframe when you had GPU crisis. You remember, ChatGPT launched and it was impossible to get GPUs. And Akash was the only one that had GPUs because we were tapping into places where your typical cloud wouldn’t go.” — 00:04:43
Context: His recurring supply-side argument; illustrated by the Cornell student who built a company on an Akash GPU that NVIDIA later acquired [00:05:31].