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Readiness verdict

Deep Sky x Airbus DAC (Deep Sky Alpha)

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
1
Method
v1.3.0

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

Watch

Primary summary from verified readiness

Confidence
69% · stale
Computed at
2026-08-20T10:52:58.83939+00:00
Claimed
55

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
49

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
42

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+13

Claimed leads verified

Evidence strength Strong

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-08-20

Track; not yet

Why
Genuinely operational and well-funded (live Aug-Nov 2025, $40M Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, Microsoft/RBC offtake), but the Airbus unit is a 250 t/yr demonstration on a ~3,000 t/yr testbed — credible and worth monitoring, not yet a mature procurement-grade carbon-removal supply.
Next
Watch for published cost-per-ton and verified MRV'd removal volumes from the Airbus unit and the multi-vendor Alpha testbed through 2026-2027 before treating any single DAC modality as adoptable

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
12
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
10
Tier 3
2
Supports
4
Contradicts
6
Context
2
Latest observed
2025-11-28

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

  1. 2026-07-19 Reading moved from watch to watch.

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