The Supercloud
summary
Akash runs a marketplace that schedules containerized workloads on underutilized servers where providers bid to fulfill orders, claiming a decentralized supercloud that has never gone down in four years and offers up to 85% cost savings versus hyperscalers. Usage spikes from AI drive metrics: ~700% year‑over‑year growth in user fees, 72% quarter‑over‑quarter, and deployments powering decentralized training (News Research’s first billion‑parameter model and Prime Intellect’s 10B training), plus direct integration into NVIDIA products.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Supercloud vision
- 3:23Cloud monopolies rise
- 8:04Digital feudalism risks
- 9:29Decentralized physical infrastructure
- 12:00Akash decentralized supercloud
- 15:34Future of decentralization and AI
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