# The US Department of Defense runs a fork of Akash

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-03-19
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** Decentralizing AI: Compute Protocols and Proof of Work - Panel Discussion \| Proof of Data 2024 (Recall Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:31:28 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUoePJrzyDQ&t=1888s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2024-03-19-the-us-department-of-defense-runs-a-fork-of-akash-jerr/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The US Department of Defense runs a fork of Akash," Decentralizing AI: Compute Protocols and Proof of Work - Panel Discussion \| Proof of Data 2024 (Recall Network), 19 Mar 2024, 00:31:28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUoePJrzyDQ&t=1888s

## Quote — verbatim

> Also, US Department of Defense use Akash internally to secure their servers — but they use a fork of the Akash Network, they don't connect to the network.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering a privacy question; he also cites SolveCare storing HIPAA-compliant US patient data on Akash (00:30:43).