Autonomy is an unprecedented and transformational opportunity
Pittsburgh is a region of makers and innovators. Our region has shown time and time again that we can come together and remake ourselves through innovation, determination and sheer grit. Today the Pittsburgh region is faced with a new transformational opportunity, the opportunity presented by the autonomous mobile systems sector, or autonomy. As has long been predicted, Pittsburgh’s autonomy sector has reached a critical mass; it has grown organically from an emerging to an established cluster with the opportunity to dominate the global market in autonomous mobile systems.
The regional opportunity presented by autonomy:
An estimated 5,000 jobs and a $10 billion impact for a region that captures one percent of the global market in the next five years
A strategy to grow a diversity of family-sustaining jobs for our region, both degree-requiring and not
A path to rebuilding the regional economy by spreading autonomy testing, deployment and manufacturing opportunities
Total Direct
6,300
Total Economic Output
$2.9 Billion
companies
71+
7th
Nationally in Autonomous Business Establishment Volume
2nd
Nationally in Concentration of Autonomy Market Leaders
