# Akash Network: physical AI company

Canonical ID: `4d064b77-d7ad-4606-bd12-8887cc756621`

## Key facts

- **Business model:** Decentralized marketplace: third-party providers list GPU/CPU capacity, buyers bid via reverse auction, settlement in AKT on a Cosmos-SDK Layer 1
- **GPU inventory:** ~1,000+ GPUs across ~60 active providers at end-2025 (H100, H200, A100, plus consumer RTX 4090/5090 via the 2026 Homenode program); no owned fleet
- **Announced hourly pricing:** H100 rentals advertised near $1.33/hour vs AWS at ~$3.93/hour; dynamic reverse-auction pricing, not a fixed rate card
- **Datacenter footprint:** None owned. Capacity sourced from ~60 third-party providers globally, including small colos and (as of 2026) consumer GPU owners under Homenode
- **Positioning:** Inference-focused, long-tail / price-driven marketplace. Not a hyperscale training substitute; GPU pool is orders of magnitude smaller than CoreWeave or Nebius
- **Managed inference product:** AkashML launched November 2025; claims 70-85% lower cost than AWS SageMaker; ~1.7 billion tokens/day via OpenRouter as of Q1 2026
- **All-time compute spend:** Crossed $5 million in Q1 2026 (network-wide, cumulative); 2025 network spend $3.15M, up 128% YoY
- **Named users:** Venice.ai, ElizaOS, Envision Labs, EaveAI, Codex Storage, Razer (AVA Mini campaign), Nous Research (Hermes agent)
- **Funding structure:** No traditional VC round disclosed post-seed. Capitalized via 2020 AKT token sale on CoinList; ongoing development funded from AKT community treasury
- **Public/private status:** Private company (Overclock Labs). AKT token trades on public crypto exchanges; not listed on any equity exchange
- **Tokenomics upgrade:** BME (Burn-Mint Equilibrium) went live March 23, 2026: compute demand burns AKT to mint ACT stablecoin used for settlement
- **Confidential compute:** Launched July 28, 2026: workloads can run on provider machines where the machine owner cannot inspect them

- **Slug:** akash-network
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2015
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, United States

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (2)

- [Greg Osuri](/people/greg-osuri.md) Founder and CEO, Overclock Labs (Akash Network) (_reported, not verified_)
- [Adam Bozanich](/people/adam-bozanich.md) Co-founder and CTO, Overclock Labs (_reported, not verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Akash Network?

Akash Network is a decentralized cloud computing marketplace, sometimes described as an "Airbnb for data centers," where independent providers list spare GPU and CPU capacity and buyers bid for it through a reverse-auction settled on the Cosmos-based AKT blockchain. The protocol is developed by Overclock Labs, founded in 2015 by Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich, and positions itself as a "Supercloud" alternative to AWS, GCP, and Azure for AI training and inference workloads. Rather than owning datacenters, Akash aggregates capacity from roughly 60 third-party providers, ranging from small colocation operators to individual RTX 4090/5090 owners under its 2026 "Homenode" program.

### What does Akash Network make?

Akash Network has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Akash Network builds physical robots.

### Is Akash Network publicly traded?

No. Akash Network is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Akash Network?

Akash Network is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is Akash Network headquartered?

Akash Network is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

### Who owns Akash Network?

Akash Network is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is Akash Network a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Akash Network ranks in roughly the top 100% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (6)

1. https://akash.network/
2. https://akash.network/blog/akash-2025-year-in-review/
3. https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-q1-2026-report/
4. https://akash.network/blog/
5. https://www.linkedin.com/company/akash-network
6. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/akash-network/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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