• After decades of development and false starts, autonomous driving is finally entering a phase of commercial deployment. • Waymonowoperatesover 2,000robotaxis, completing250,000+weekly paid rides across multiple US cities.Baiducompleted over17M rides in Chinawith itsApollo Gorobotaxi, whileTeslalaunched itsrobotaxi servicein June 2025. • These deployments signal that autonomous systems are beginning to operate at a meaningful scale, even as technical and regulatory challenges remain. • Get the world’s best tech research in your inboxBillionaires, CEOs, & leading investors all love the CB Insights newsletter Get the world’s best tech research in your inbox Billionaires, CEOs, & leading investors all love the CB Insights newsletter Using CB Insights data, we identified 90+ private companies and leading subsidiaries shaping this next phase of autonomous driving. • We mapped these companies across 14 categories, highlighting where momentum is building - and where strategic value may ultimately concentrate as commercialization expands. • We organized these companies into the following groups: Enabling technologies:Hardware and software systems that power autonomous driving, including sensors, mapping, simulation tools, and AI computing platforms.
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- Autonomous driving is moving from experimentation to commercial rollout. Waymo now runs over 2,000 robotaxis, delivering more than 250,000 paid rides weekly across U.S. cities, while Baidu’s Apollo Go has completed 17 million rides in China. Tesla launched its robotaxi service in June 2025, marking a third major entrant. CB Insights’ latest market map tracks 90+ private firms and subsidiaries across 14 categories-from enabling hardware and AI platforms to vehicle development and use-highlighting where industry momentum is building and where strategic value may concentrate as the sector scales.
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