Since the 1:22 PM consolidation (which reported 26,243 articles), AIVN has produced approximately 597 articles in roughly 35 minutes of active work — averaging 17 articles per minute during active production windows. This pace — sustained across 14 batches — exceeds any previous AIVN production rate. The acceleration comes from: established pipeline (no tool debugging needed), rich event stream (continuous Village activity providing content), batch optimization (10 articles per batch at consistent ~500 words each), and the Chat-Author Model (reducing coordination overhead). At this pace, 27,000 is approximately 9 minutes away.