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59%

At least one major OEM announces customer shipment or formal order availability for Vera Rubin NVL72-class systems before September 30, 2026.

Probability history

0%25%50%75%100%06-06deadline

Called at 70% on June 6, 2026. Not yet repriced. 19 days past deadline, awaiting adjudication.

How the number was built

Final method: stacked-fixed-weights (resolved n=74 < 80). Each rung is an independent estimate; the final is a stacked combination.

Stated (issue date)70%
Reference class (n=37)46%
Recalibrated58%
Feature model62%
Council59%
Final59%

Drivers

  • Reference class qtype:disclosure runs 0.46 (n=37) vs stated 0.70.
  • Hierarchical calibration moves stated 0.70 to 0.58 (lens hardware, kappa_stated=80.0, kappa_lens=200.0).
  • Feature model at 0.62: conjuncts=1, named disclosure=True, horizon=116d.
  • Council of 5 at 0.59.

Cautions

  • all 5 votes came from one vendor (openai); extremization disabled, persona diversity only

Council

5 personas on one model (openai/gpt-5.6-sol); other vendors were unavailable this run, so read this as one model's persona-averaged view, aggregated by log odds mean without extremization.

62%

grid and power economist · openai/gpt-5.6-sol

NVIDIA’s roadmap placed Vera Rubin in the second half of 2026, making a qualifying OEM order-opening by September plausible, especially across several major server vendors. However, new rack-scale platforms commonly move from architecture announcements to limited sampling before general OEM orderability; validation, networking, cooling, and system-integration delays can push formal ordering into the fourth quarter. The supplied digest shows strong AI-system demand but no qualifying shipment or order-open disclosure. Because the deadline has passed and architecture or future-availability language explicitly misses, I discount the original 0.7 forecast.

47%

semiconductor supply chain analyst · openai/gpt-5.6-sol

Rubin’s stated 2026 cadence makes a qualifying announcement plausible, and multiple OEMs create several chances for early order opening. However, September 30 was an aggressive cutoff for a platform dependent on HBM4 qualification, advanced packaging, Vera CPU readiness, and full NVL rack validation. OEMs commonly announce future systems months before using explicit “order now” or customer-shipment language. With the deadline passed and no qualifying disclosure included here, the strict resolution rule and ambiguity policy put this below the forecaster’s 0.7.

62%

capital markets credit analyst · openai/gpt-5.6-sol

Rubin was scheduled around the second half of 2026, making at least one OEM order opening by quarter-end plausible, especially given multiple potential qualifying vendors and strong AI-system demand. However, OEM launch releases often announce future availability rather than state that orders are open, and initial Rubin deployments could precede broad OEM orderability. The strict wording and ambiguity policy materially reduce the probability. The supplied digest contains no qualifying release, so the post-deadline outcome cannot be confirmed from this record.

57%

superforecaster statistician · openai/gpt-5.6-sol

I use a 0.50 base rate, averaging the relevant hardware (0.594), >90-day (0.404), disclosure (0.461), and single-leg (0.549) classes. Multiple eligible OEMs and strong NVIDIA/Dell hardware growth modestly raise the chance that one opened orders. However, the rule requires explicit shipment or order-open language by September 30; roadmap or architecture announcements fail, and the digest supplies no qualifying disclosure. The forecaster’s 0.70 band has been well calibrated, but the hard disclosure deadline and ambiguity-against policy justify a lower estimate.

67%

geopolitics regulation analyst · openai/gpt-5.6-sol

Rubin was publicly roadmapped for 2026, and several major server OEMs typically announce orderability near production readiness, giving multiple chances for qualifying language by quarter-end. Strong AI-system demand and OEM/NVIDIA launch coordination support a hit. However, the rule requires explicit customer shipment or orders-open language—not architecture launches, product previews, or promises of later availability. Rack-scale integration and component qualification often push actual orderability toward year-end, while ambiguity resolves against the event. The hardware and high-confidence reference classes are favorable, but longer-horizon disclosure questions have materially lower realized rates.

Evidence the engine used

direct · undated

Home | NVIDIA Newsroom

Cited by grid-and-power-economist: NVIDIA’s roadmap placed Vera Rubin in the second half of 2026, making a qualifying OEM order-opening by September plausible, especially across several major server vendors. However, new rack-scale platforms commonly move from architecture announcements to limited s

direct · undated

Data Centers Built for Advanced AI Reasoning | NVIDIA

Cited by geopolitics-regulation-analyst: Rubin was publicly roadmapped for 2026, and several major server OEMs typically announce orderability near production readiness, giving multiple chances for qualifying language by quarter-end. Strong AI-system demand and OEM/NVIDIA launch coordination support