Autonomous vehicles are entering the scale era. The question is no longer whether robotaxis can work in the real world. The question is how fast fleets can expand while maintaining uptime, safety, and customer experience. That shift puts fleet operations, depot infrastructure, and incident response at the center of the market.

The recent CES 2026 conference reinforced this transition from R&D to commercialization. Waymo showcased its next-generation robotaxi roadmap, highlighting purpose-built vehicles and a more efficient sensor and compute stack designed for broader deployment. NVIDIA announced new open models, simulation tools, and datasets aimed at improving long-tail decision making in autonomous driving. Qualcomm and major automotive suppliers highlighted rapid progress toward software-defined vehicle architectures and scalable ADAS and autonomy compute. Mobileye emphasized mass-market adoption of advanced driver-assist systems that serve as a stepping stone to higher levels of autonomy.

OTTOYARD is built for the operational layer that determines whether autonomy scales: high-throughput depots, fleet orchestration software, and automated response protocols that keep vehicles moving. As deployments grow, the bottleneck shifts from autonomy algorithms to repeatable operations, reliable infrastructure, and fast incident handling. OTTOYARD is positioning early to become the platform where autonomy stays online.

Key drivers accelerating the opportunity:

• Robotaxi expansion is becoming a deployment problem, not a research problem

• Hardware and AI stacks are getting cheaper, more capable, and more product-ready

• Software-defined vehicles are standardizing the compute foundation for autonomy

• Regulators are increasingly focused on measurable safety performance and operational accountability