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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
2026-06-28
Revision
1
Method
v1.0.0

Current reading

The readiness gap, in one scan

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Claimed
55

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
49

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
42

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+13

Claimed minus verified

Evidence strength Strong

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-06-28

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
6
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
5
Tier 3
1
Supports
2
Contradicts
3
Context
1
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

This is the initial public reading. No earlier readiness change is recorded.

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