From AWS to Akash: Greg Osuri on Building a Decentralized Compute Marketplace
The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs · 2026-04-23 · 1h 8m
Episode notes
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Greg Osuri, founder of Akash Network and CEO of Overclock Labs, a decentralized cloud platform designed to connect unused compute supply with growing global demand. Together, they explore how decentralized infrastructure could reshape the economics of cloud computing, why energy, not chips, may become the key constraint for AI growth, and how distributed networks could unlock new ways to train models, run inference, and scale intelligence globally. Osuri shares insights on using homes as energy nodes for AI, the shifting dynamics of the workforce in an AI-driven economy, and why decentralized training may reduce reliance on large tech companies.