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Occupied marketsUpdated 15 Sep 2026 · R3

Competitor integration

How named incumbents overlap the proposed job object. Advertised offerings, not audited share. No unique-combo or first/only claim.

Library page added 17 Sep 2026. Research content date remains 15 Sep 2026. This is a navigation face for already-sourced competitor notes. It does not invent Canopy prices, take rates, traction, grants, customers, or OEM agreements. Named organisations are not partners.

What this page is

Canopy is entering occupied markets. Existing marketplaces, operator networks, autonomy products and payload ecosystems already overlap parts of a job object. The diligence rule is a buyer-specific advantage — not “no incumbent combines booking, operations, data and service coordination.”

Full map and evidence grades: research/03-competitors.md (2026-09-15 refresh). EU/UK narrative: EU and UK competition. Outbound vendor pages: Organisations.

Closest advertised overlap

AcreConnect / American AutonomyUS job operations, logs and maps. Rantizo spray operations sold August 2025; software line rebranded. Advertised from USD650/user/year. Not a Canopy price.
ProxyDrone.euPARTIAL Romanian B2B marketplace. Closest marketplace overlap labelled PARTIAL — not a full Canopy operating system.
FarmFleet, ADN, FlyGuys, Droners.ioMatching / contractor networks. Vendor claims are not audited share.
SkyAgro and named Balkan crewsLocal contractors. Direct quote required. Supply, not Canopy white space.
XAG XA1 / DJI Dock 3 / Pyka Pelican 2Vendor hardware we may later dispatch or ingest from. Dealer-quoted XA1; Dock 3 / FlightHub is survey-class, not Agras spray; Pelican 2 is not a Bulgaria v1 airframe. No OEM partnership.
Guardian AgricultureShut down 2025. Hardware-first caution. No adapter.

What own land can and cannot prove

Founder fields in Bulgaria (~1,000 acres / ~405 ha) can test request → accept → live view → candidate evidence fields. They cannot prove arm’s-length demand, take rate, or network liquidity. Design: research/13-bulgaria-own-field-experiment.md.

OEM dock versus owned steel still reinforces “build the platform first / do not buy docks in seed”: research/14-hybrid-vs-oem-dock-autonomy.md. Changelog: research/CHANGELOG.md.

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