Changelog Interviews – Episode #652

Solving the AI energy crisis

with Greg Osuri

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Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Akash Network joins us to share the backstory in his testimony before congress on the energy crisis and what it’s going to take to power the future of AI. From powering datacenters, to solar, decentralized AI compute, to zombies in SF.

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Chapters

1 00:00 This week on The Changelog 01:16
2 01:16 Sponsor: Auth0 01:29
3 02:49 Start the show! 02:24
4 05:13 How much energy do we need? 11:29
5 16:41 AI is a utility 11:53
6 28:34 Hot, flat, and crowded! 07:59
7 36:33 Microreactors! 02:26
8 38:59 Public sentiment on nuclear energy is shifting 13:29
9 52:28 Sponsor: Depot 02:20
10 54:49 Distributed AI workloads vs co-located 03:59
11 58:47 Is nuclear in progress in the US? 05:29
12 1:04:16 Inter-connect power limits 03:38
13 1:07:54 Free power and free internet 07:00
14 1:14:54 What is Gensyn? 08:37
15 1:23:31 Foundational change to invert the demand curve? 05:47
16 1:29:17 Plug us in. How do we follow the scene? 10:00
17 1:39:17 UBI vs free internet/energy 08:30
18 1:47:48 Handcoding as a hobby? 05:44
19 1:53:31 Greg's AI-powered home in Austin/Westlake 07:18
20 2:00:49 There's a BONUS!! 00:08
21 2:00:57 Closing thoughts 01:38

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