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37%

Groq announces at least one named Fortune 500 or hyperscaler inference-cloud customer by September 30, 2026.

Probability history

0%25%50%75%100%06-2709-06deadline

Called at 57% on June 27, 2026. Repriced 1 time; now 37%. 24 days to deadline.

How the number was built

Final method: stacked-fixed-weights (resolved n=57 < 80). Each rung is an independent estimate; the final is a stacked combination.

Stated (issue date)57%
Reference class (n=29)50%
Recalibrated55%
Feature model65%
Council19%
Final37%

Drivers

  • Reference class qtype:disclosure runs 0.50 (n=29) vs stated 0.57.
  • Hierarchical calibration moves stated 0.57 to 0.55 (lens capital, kappa_stated=24.0, kappa_lens=200.0).
  • Feature model at 0.65: conjuncts=1, named disclosure=True, horizon=95d.
  • Council of 5 at 0.19.

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.

17%

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

Only 24 days remain, and the supplied digest contains no qualifying primary disclosure. The rule is narrow: Groq must name a Fortune 500 company or hyperscaler specifically as an inference-cloud customer; partnerships, model providers, unnamed enterprise logos, and customer rumors fail. Named-customer permissions commonly delay or prevent such announcements. The forecaster’s comparable 0.50–0.59 calls realized only 0.367, while its disclosure class realized 0.5. Strong AI capital spending supports underlying demand but is weak evidence for a customer-approved announcement before quarter-end. Conditioning on most of the original forecast window passing without resolution warrants a substantial reduction from 0.57.

24%

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

Only 24 days remain, and no qualifying primary disclosure is provided. Groq could use a quarter-end announcement to validate adoption, while strong AI infrastructure spending makes a real deployment plausible. However, the rule requires both a named Fortune 500 or hyperscaler and an inference-cloud customer relationship; partnerships, infrastructure suppliers, unnamed logos, trials, and GroqCloud availability would miss. Customer approval and confidentiality often delay naming beyond deployment. Conditioning the original thesis on roughly three-quarters of the forecast window passing without a hit materially lowers the probability.

21%

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

Only 24 days remain, and the supplied digest contains no Groq-specific disclosure catalyst or qualifying named customer. Strong hyperscaler capex and benign broad credit conditions support inference demand but do not imply permission to name an enterprise customer. Customer announcements often require coordinated approvals, while private vendors can continue citing adoption or logos without disclosing names. The literal rule also excludes unnamed enterprises and non-Fortune-500 partners. Given the shortened window and the forecaster’s weak realized rate in the 0.50–0.59 band, the original 0.57 now appears too high.

16%

superforecaster statistician · openai/gpt-5.6-sol

I use the disclosure-question base rate of 0.50 (29 cases), tempered by the forecaster’s 0.50–0.59 realized rate of 0.367 and matched-ledger rate of 0.286. Only 24 days remain, and no qualifying primary disclosure is supplied. The rule requires a named Fortune 500 or hyperscaler customer plus a Groq-or-customer primary announcement; generic enterprise traction, partner claims, or later confirmation fail. Named-customer disclosures face confidentiality and approval delays. The capital-lens rate of 0.708 is small-sample and less diagnostic than disclosure calibration. Quarter-end provides a modest catalyst, but not enough to offset the short window and strict documentation requirement.

20%

geopolitics regulation analyst · openai/gpt-5.6-sol

Only 24 days remain, and the rule requires a primary disclosure naming a qualifying Fortune 500 company or hyperscaler specifically as an inference-cloud customer. Groq can announce partnerships, integrations, or unnamed enterprise adoption without satisfying that test. Hyperscalers also have limited incentive to publicize reliance on an external inference provider. Quarter-end announcement clustering and strong AI infrastructure spending provide some upside, but supportive capital conditions do not overcome the narrow documentation requirement. The forecaster’s 0.50–0.59 band has materially underperformed, further favoring a downward adjustment from 0.57.

Evidence the engine used

direct · undated

Groq is the premier neocloud for fast inference

Cited by grid-and-power-economist: Only 24 days remain, and the supplied digest contains no qualifying primary disclosure. The rule is narrow: Groq must name a Fortune 500 company or hyperscaler specifically as an inference-cloud customer; partnerships, model providers, unnamed enterprise logos, and