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AI sector will grow from $20T to $30-40T of $50T total US public market cap.

Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#235 "Amazon's $35B AGI Ultimatum to OpenAI & Anthropic Drops AI Safety | EP #235" · source

Prior probability
60.0%
Current probability
49.5%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
4/5
Signal quality
B
Resolution
pending
Window
2027-06-01 – 2027-06-30
Edges in / out
10 / 5
Tickers exposed
37

Prediction text

AI sector will grow from $20T to $30-40T of $50T total US public market cap. | the US public market all companies combined is about 50 trillion. The AI companies are 20 trillion of the 50 trillion now. So, you know, it's incestuous, but it's like if that 20 trillion becomes 30 40 trillion, which it inevitably will, it's the majority of the market is just seven companies.

Verbatim quote

From episode "Amazon's $35B AGI Ultimatum to OpenAI & Anthropic Drops AI Safety | EP #235"
the US public market all companies combined is about 50 trillion. The AI companies are 20 trillion of the 50 trillion now. So, you know, it's incestuous, but it's like if that 20 trillion becomes 30 40 trillion, which it inevitably will, it's the majority of the market is just seven companies.

Predictor: Dave Blundin

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.821
Brier
0.0491
excellent
Hits / Misses
3 / 2
of 9 resolved
Hit rate
33.3%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Dave Blundin is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).

Reference class

Not linked

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Probability over time

4 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 60%2026-04-302026-05-032026-05-10
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 49.5%

Milestone chain

Pre-event signals (upstream prereqs + window checkpoints) → resolution event → downstream cascades. Status/dates update from linked nodes; re-derive nightly via scripts/ops/derive_milestones.py.
Leading chain: 8 fired ✓ · 2 pending
  1. 2026-04-15hitTop-3 (NVDA+AAPL+MSFT) reach 18% of S&P 500
    How: NVDA + AAPL + MSFT alone constitute ≥18% of S&P 500 ($57.6T index)
    Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-entire-sp-500-in-2026-in-one-chart/ — Visual Capitalist NVDA 7.0% + AAPL 6.3% + MSFT 4.6%conf 99%
  2. 2026-04-15hitMagnificent 7 reaches >31% of S&P 500 market cap
    How: Magnificent 7 (NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, META, TSLA) collectively account for >31% of S&P 500 total market cap
    Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-entire-sp-500-in-2026-in-one-chart/ — Visual Capitalist S&P 500 in 2026conf 99%
  3. 2026-04-30hitNvidia reaches $4.3T market cap, largest in S&P 500 (~7.0% weight)
    How: Nvidia market cap reaches $4.3T, becoming largest S&P 500 constituent at ~7.0% index weight, larger than entire energy or utilities sectors
    Source: https://www.fool.com/research/largest-companies-by-market-cap/ — Motley Fool Largest companies by market cap 2026conf 99%
  4. 2026-04-30hitHyperscaler AI capex hits $725B annual run rate in 2026
    How: Combined 2026 AI capex of MSFT+META+GOOG+AMZN+ORCL reaches ~$725B based on earnings reports
    Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/magnificent-7-earnings-rush-reveals-ai-spending-surge-with-hyperscaler-capex-set-to-reach-725-billion-in-2026-224901707.html — Yahoo Finance hyperscaler 2026 AI capexconf 95%
  5. 2026-12-01 → 2027-09-30pendingAI sector market cap reaches 50%+ share of US public market
    How: Combined market cap of AI-economy companies (Mag7 + chipmakers + cloud + AI-software cohort) ≥50% of total US public market cap (~$60-65T projection)
    Source: S&P Global, Bloomberg sector classification, FactSet aggregationsconf 50%
    Notes: Blundin's $30-40T of $50T = 60-80% AI share is aggressive. 50% is a more plausible directional milestone.

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z49.5%-1.2pp
Network propagation: 50.7% → 49.5%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z50.7%-2.2pp
Network propagation: 52.9% → 50.7%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z52.9%-2.9pp
Network propagation: 55.8% → 52.9%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z55.8%-4.2pp
Network propagation: 60.0% → 55.8%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef

Network propagation neighbors

Top edges sorted by latest LBP cross-impact
All propagation →

Top incoming (parents)

Edges that influence THIS node's belief

KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
killerTK09
Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall)
35.0%0.0500.600-0.088
prereqSEM_015
Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue directJensen Huang
66.3%0.6000.050-0.076
prereqSEM_027
Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $5Joseph Moore
68.3%0.6000.050-0.075
killerTK05
Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
30.0%0.0500.600-0.060
killerTK03
AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)
10.0%0.0500.600+0.050

Top outgoing (children)

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KindNodeTheir probP(c|s=T)P(c|s=F)Δ implied
prereq232_057
First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by OpDave Blundin
34.8%0.6000.050-0.029
prereq242_023
World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036Dave Blundin
34.2%0.6000.050-0.023
prereq246_016
Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203Peter Diamandis
35.6%0.6500.050-0.013
prereq230_020
Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's licePeter Diamandis
34.7%0.6500.050-0.004
prereq240_036
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34.3%0.6500.050+0.000

Ticker exposure

37 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (24)

MUWULFIRENEQIXALABAPLDASMIYASMLPLABNVDANBISCRWVAAPLAMTAMZNDELLGOOGLIRMLNVGYMETAMSFTORCLSFTBYSTX

Adverse (6)

ACNGENCHGGIBMWNSLRN

Prerequisites (10)

Predictions that must hit first
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereqSEM_011Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company (late 2025), operating a near-monopoly on advanced AI chips.Capital Markets
prereqSEM_027Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $57B fiscal Q3 revenue; >$4.5T market cap entirely underpinned by AI silicon.Capital Markets
prereqSEM_014Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated cutting-edge semiconductors on US soil for first time in decades (October 2025).Manufacturing
prereqSEM_012Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering.AI/Manufacturing
prereqSEM_015Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue directly to US government in exchange for reversing specific AI chip export bans.Policy/Semis
killerTK09Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall)
killerTK05Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028)
killerTK01AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall)
killerTK02AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption)
killerTK03AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze)

Dependents (5)

Predictions enabled by this
TypePredTitleDomainLag
prereq230_020Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license.Auto/Transport
prereq246_016Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034.Space
prereq240_036TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040Energy
prereq232_057First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Optimus robots; robots not astronauts lead exploration.Robotics
prereq242_023World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036Macro/Economy

Linked documents (4)

Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.664manifoldWill at least 25% of US retail investors report using an AI agent for an investment-related task by the end of 2027?74%mentionspending2026-05-11
0.654manifoldHow many companies with a $5T+ market cap at end of 2026?mentionspending2026-05-16
0.651gdeltgoogle ai deal pentagon.htmlmentionspending2026-04-30
0.616gdeltmentionspending2026-04-30

Raw metadata

From Thesis_Timeline_v1.0_FINAL workbook
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