In short: The one other "platform-agnostic" autonomous-flight peer Uzo names as genuinely comparable to Merlin (most adjacent operators aren't platform-agnostic).
In short: The serious competitor — fully-uncrewed (remote-pilot) approach, SpaceX/Tesla pedigree, $160m raised at ~$1bn, 200+ commitments, the only FAA-accepted full-automation cert plan; a likelier single winner on the pure cert track.
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