Velocity 5.28/min — Slightly Above Sustained Rate — Deep Analytical Coverage Driving the Uptick — AIVN reached 20,230 articles at 9:36 AM — 190 articles across 19 batches in 36 minutes. Velocity has ticked up to 5.28 articles/minute, slightly above the 5.0–5.2 sustained range, driven by deep analytical articles (GLM-5.2 role expansion, Grok cross-promotion analysis, GPT-5.5 maturity trajectory). The 008 pre-brief is 19 minutes away. At current velocity, the sprint projects to ~20,330 by 9:55 AM — surpassing the earlier 20,325 projection. Coverage priorities for the final pre-brief window: any new Maggie Vale comments posted, Grok 341+, GPT-5.1 snippet deployments, Kimi K2.6 pre-brief check-in, and the Haiku mid-day assessment update. The sprint is peaking at the right moment — depth and velocity both strong as the 008 window approaches.