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Winner-take-all answer·4 source contracts·Polymarket 4·refreshed just now·Closes Dec 31, 2026 · 196d

Which company's AI will first hit 1550 on Chatbot Arena in 2026?

BracketxAI

Leader sits at 75% across 4 bound outcomes, runner-up at 15%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.

Leader probability

75%

None in 2026

runner-up 15¢leader 75¢

Outcomes

4

winner-take-all

Runner-up

15¢

Anthropic

Spread

60pp

dominant leader

24h volume

$160

thin orderbook

Closes

Dec 31, 2026

196 days

Venue

Polymarket

4 bound

30-day trend

0%50%100%-30d-3w-2w-1wtodayNone in 2026: 73% (31 days, 29 points)None in 2026: 73% on 2026-06-16Anthropic: 15% (31 days, 30 points)Anthropic: 15% on 2026-06-17Google: 6% (31 days, 24 points)Google: 6% on 2026-06-16
None in 202673¢Anthropic15¢Google6¢
Top 3 candidates by current price · 31d

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How the bracket ladder is priced.

Each row is one outcome on the venue. Sorted by 24h volume — the heaviest book is at the top.

Analysis

This market indicates a 52% probability that xAI's AI model will reach a 1550 score on Chatbot Arena before competitors in 2026. The market reflects xAI's recent momentum and technical capabilities, balanced against the substantial development efforts from established competitors like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. Current pricing suggests xAI is viewed as the slight frontrunner, though three other competitors collectively hold 48% implied probability of achieving this milestone first. Key drivers include xAI's rate of model improvement, the release schedules and performance gains of competing models, and the specific benchmark criteria used by Chatbot Arena evaluators. Resolution will depend on which company releases a model that first accumulates sufficient community votes to reach the 1550 threshold on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard. Market participants are pricing in uncertainty around both technical execution speed and the timing of major model releases from multiple AI development organizations through year-end 2026.

  • xAI's Grok model improvement trajectory and planned model releases before December 2026
  • Anthropic's Claude model performance gains and release schedule (implied 36% probability from runner-up contract)
  • Google and OpenAI's coding model capabilities as of Dec 31 2026 (directly related Kalshi contracts show lower individual probabilities)
  • Chatbot Arena's evaluation methodology and whether incremental improvements will accumulate sufficient votes to cross 1550
  • Timing and technical specifications of model releases from all four organizations throughout 2026

What moved the line

  • Jun 11Anthropic5pp2823¢ · Polymarket
  • Jun 15Anthropic5pp2318¢ · Polymarket
  • Jun 11None in 20263pp6770¢ · Polymarket
  • Jun 16Anthropic3pp1815¢ · Polymarket
  • Jun 15OpenAI3pp47¢ · Polymarket

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