# In the 2023 GPU crisis, Akash was the only one with GPUs

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-01-15
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** The Remote Work Tribe Podcast: Greg Osuri (The Remote Work Tribe Podcast)
- **Watch at:** 00:04:43 — https://www.theremoteworktribe.com/2026/01/15/the-remote-work-tribe-podcast-greg-osuri/
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2026-01-15-in-the-2023-gpu-crisis-akash-was-the-only-one-with-draf/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "In the 2023 GPU crisis, Akash was the only one with GPUs," The Remote Work Tribe Podcast: Greg Osuri (The Remote Work Tribe Podcast), 15 Jan 2026, 00:04:43. https://www.theremoteworktribe.com/2026/01/15/the-remote-work-tribe-podcast-greg-osuri/

## Quote — verbatim

> 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.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

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].