TL;DR: The Akash core team attended ETHDenver 2024 with a sponsored booth (Section 14, Booth 246), multiple speaking slots by CEO Greg Osuri, and panels covering decentralized AI, DePIN, and GPU access — running February 27 through March 3, 2024 in Denver.
The Akash Core Team heads to Denver to connect with builders in the decentralized and permissionless infrastructure space.
This post will be updated as new events are added.
Attending
Overclock Labs
- Greg Osuri, CEO
- Adam Wozney, Head of Community
- Zach Horn, Head of Marketing
- Maxime Beauchamp, Founder of Cloudmos
- Scott Hewitson, Director of Finance
- Ty Wright, Head of Operations
Akash Insiders
- Zeke, Akash Insider
- Thomas Greco, Akash Insider
Connect with the Akash Core Team
Tuesday, 2/27
Autonomous Agent: AI x Web3 Global Hackathon Kick-off
- Zeke will be leading a workshop at 11AM MST
Appchain Day presented by Dorahacks
- Akash will have a sponsored booth from 9AM-5PM MST
- Adam Wozney will be moderating a panel, “IBC for Appchains” at 3:30PM MST
Wednesday, 2/28
Decentralize AI Day presented by Morpheus
- Greg Osuri and Zach Horn will be attending
- Greg will be presenting from 10:30-11AM MST
- Akash will be sponsoring
- Greg will be speaking on two panels
- 1:40-2:05PM MST: “How Crypto Benefits from AI” alongside Kerem Ozkan - Soarchain, Head of Ecosystem, Lex Avellino- Passage, Founder and CCO, and Jack Zampolin - Strangelove, CEO and Co-Founder.
- 2:10-2:40PM MST: “DePIN Updates” alongside Kerem Ozkan - Founder, Soarchain, and Paul Bramas - KYVE, Head of Ecosystem
Thursday, 2/29
Akash will have a sponsored booth in the Main Venue at the National Western Complex
- From 2/29-3/3
- Section 14, Booth 246
- The entire Core Team will be spending time at the booth throughout the event. Please stop by and say hi!
Friday, 3/1
Panel: “From Bits to Atoms: How DePIN Is Making Crypto Real”
- 9:30-10:30AM MST
- Adam is moderating this panel on the Atlantis Main Stage
- 11-12PM MST: Greg will be on a panel alongside Ben Fielding (Cofounder of Gensyn), Doug Petkanics (Founder of Livepeer), and Charlie Higgins (Founder of Tromero).
Akash X Spaces
- 12PM MST: Join Adam, Zach, and special guests for an X Spaces hosted live from ETHDenver
Stanford Blockchain: BASS ETHDenver Summit
- Greg and Zach will be attending
- 2:20-2:50PM MST: Greg will be speaking on a panel, “AI and Decentralized Compute” alongside Ben Fielding (cofounder of Gensyn)
Agents Unleashed
- 4:15-5PM MST: Greg will be speaking on a panel “The Decentralized AI Stack (Training, Fine-Tuning, Inference)” alongside Flock.io (Jiahao Sun), Ritual (Saneel Sreeni), Gensyn (Ben Fielding), and Manifold Labs [building on Bittensor] (Robert Myers) - moderated by Richard Blythman from Naptha.ai.
Saturday, 3/2
Passage x Akash Booth Takeover
- 11-12PM MST: Lex Avellino and the Passage team will be at the Akash booth to meet and chat with attendees.
Atlantis Main Stage: “Revolutionizing GPU Access for AI Workloads”
- 12-12:15PM MST: Greg will be presenting on the Atlantis Main Stage
Sunday, 3/3
Final Day: Akash Booth
- 10AM-6PM MST: Come meet and chat with the Akash Core Team as we wrap up ETHDenver 2024
Connect with Akash
To stay up to date with the latest updates, follow Akash and the core team to connect in person at ETHDenver:
- Greg Osuri, CEO
- Adam Wozney, Head of Community
- Zach Horn, Head of Marketing
- Maxime Beauchamp, Founder of Cloudmos
- Scott Hewitson, Director of Finance
- Thomas Greco, Akash Insider
Frequently Asked Questions
Where was the Akash booth at ETHDenver 2024? Section 14, Booth 246 at the National Western Complex, running February 29 through March 3. The full core team was present throughout the event.
Did Greg Osuri speak at ETHDenver 2024? Yes — Greg spoke at Decentralize AI Day, ATOMDenver (two panels on AI x Crypto and DePIN), Stanford Blockchain BASS Summit, and the Atlantis Main Stage on GPU access for AI workloads.
What topics did Akash cover at ETHDenver? How Crypto Benefits from AI, DePIN Updates, AI and Decentralized Compute, and Revolutionizing GPU Access for AI Workloads — across multiple stages and side events.
Who attended from the Akash team? Greg Osuri (CEO), Adam Wozney (Head of Community), Zach Horn (Head of Marketing), Maxime Beauchamp (Founder of Cloudmos), Scott Hewitson (Director of Finance), Ty Wright (Head of Operations), and Akash Insiders Zeke and Thomas Greco.
What is ATOMDenver? A Cosmos ecosystem event co-organized alongside ETHDenver featuring panels on IBC, DePIN, and AI x crypto — Akash was a sponsor with Greg Osuri speaking on two panels.
Did Passage attend ETHDenver with Akash? Yes — Lex Avellino and the Passage team took over the Akash booth on Saturday March 2 to meet attendees and discuss their Akash-powered virtual world launch.
Was there an X Spaces from ETHDenver? Yes — hosted live from ETHDenver on Friday March 1 at 12PM MST with Adam Wozney, Zach Horn, and special guests from the Akash ecosystem.
