{"title":"ECARX vs Gatik: Autonomous vehicles & driving compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/ecarx-vs-gatik","comparison":"Gatik ranks 42 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 81; ECARX ranks 76 with 80. ECARX is ahead on deployment, production, commercials and leverage. Gatik is ahead on progress, positioning and firepower. Level on technology. ECARX is based in Shanghai, China, Gatik in Mountain View, United States. ECARX is named in 2 signals and Gatik in 248.","companies":[{"name":"ECARX","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/ecarx","city":"Shanghai","country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"ECARX builds the automotive computing layer, from system-on-chip heritage through central computing platforms to software and, on its roadmap, its own operating system. The portfolio spans the Antora family for intelligent cockpit, Qualcomm-based platforms across performance tiers, Skyland and NVIDIA-based platforms for intelligent driving, and Cloudpeak as the common software foundation. Around 12 million vehicles globally carry ECARX technology, supported by partnerships with 18 automakers and 28 brands, and the company delivered 550,000 units in Q2 2026 alone. The financial turn is the story: Q4 2025 revenue was a record USD 305 million with a second consecutive quarter of GAAP profitability, Q2 2026 revenue rose 45 percent to USD 225.2 million with gross margin nearly doubling from 10.8 to 19.8 percent, net loss narrowing to USD 12.0 million and a fourth consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA, against full-year 2026 guidance of USD 1.0 to 1.1 billion. Against that, Q1 2026 revenue fell 22 percent to USD 131.5 million, so the trajectory is not clean. ECARX is a Geely-anchored but increasingly external platform supplier moving into robotics-adjacent AI services; it sold its 13.5 percent residual Zenseact stake back to Volvo Cars on 2022-12-31.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":76,"score":80,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":6,"progress":8,"firepower":6,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"ECARX has an autonomous-vehicle business, including an agreement with May Mobility to deploy purpose-built robotaxis.","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":2,"facts_total":15},{"name":"Gatik","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gatik","city":"Mountain View","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Gatik is a US/Canada autonomous-trucking company operating ~100 driverless Isuzu box trucks (targeted by end-2026) on NVIDIA DRIVE Thor, describing itself as the first US company operating fully driverless trucks at scale commercially (85,000+ driverless deliveries, 99% on-time). It raised a $200M Series D in August 2026 (Qatar Investment Authority-led, ~$500M total) with customers Walmart, PepsiCo, Kroger, Tyson, and Loblaw, and holds $600M+ in contracted backlog. Current revenue is estimated at 10-100m (the backlog not yet recognized).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":42,"score":81,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":9,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"Gatik develops and deploys SAE Level 4 autonomous trucks for commercial freight routes. Its fully driverless vehicles operate customer-facing delivery services across North America.","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":248,"facts_total":380}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}