For satellite operators, defense programs and anyone budgeting a ride to orbit. Reusability has stopped being a differentiator and become the entry ticket.
For engineering teams choosing where to put metrics, sensor readings and tick data. The category has split in two: purpose-built time-series engines, and general-purpose columnar databases that happen to be very good at time ordering.
For platform, IT and data teams choosing where corporate knowledge retrieval lives. Amazon closed Kendra to new customers, Microsoft moved agentic retrieval to GA, and Glean raised at a $7.2B valuation. Seven platforms ranked, with real pricing and real limits.
Which robotaxi companies actually run driverless paid service in 2026 — Waymo, Baidu Apollo Go, Pony.ai, Tesla, WeRide, Zoox and Wayve, ranked by real operations rather than announcements.