# Open source is the foundation of decentralization

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-10-18
- **Theme:** Open-Source AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/open-source-ai/
- **Source:** Sovereign AI's Battlefield: Compute, Storage, & Running On The Edge \| Crypto x AI Event (Delphi Digital)
- **Watch at:** 00:19:30 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mODQ86rJws8&t=1170s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/open-source-ai/2024-10-18-open-source-is-the-foundation-of-decentralization-sjhn/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Open source is the foundation of decentralization," Sovereign AI's Battlefield: Compute, Storage, & Running On The Edge \| Crypto x AI Event (Delphi Digital), 18 Oct 2024, 00:19:30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mODQ86rJws8&t=1170s

## Quote — verbatim

> Yes, you can create companies as a closed source system, but in order to create communities and protocols you need to be open sourced, and that is the foundation of decentralization.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Naming Akash's superpower (500 contributors vs ~25 Overclock Labs employees); he criticizes closed-source systems calling themselves decentralized.