World Technology Forum — Emerging Tech
From a rocket company worth more than most stock markets to the first quantum computer with a market-set price, 2026 has been the year frontier technology stopped being theoretical and started being priced. Each Summit below is a standalone, sourced directory of the institutions building that economy — pick the one that matters to you.
7
Emerging Tech Summits, each with its own directory and market data
256
Companies, agencies and institutions profiled across all seven
$2.52T
The single largest figure across every Summit — SpaceX's market cap
Sept 2026
Compiled and sourced as of this month
Every card links to a full Summit page — hero, sourced market-opportunity data, a current-events spotlight, a filterable directory, and Summit tracks.
The gaming industry has outgrown the arcade — now a $213.9B global economy run by platform holders, publishers and, increasingly, sovereign capital.
The AI economy just filed to go public — Anthropic and OpenAI both filed IPOs at valuations north of most G20 stock markets.
Qubits are leaving the lab for the stock exchange — three hardware makers went public in 2026 alone.
The robots finally have a stock price — Unitree's Shanghai IPO gave humanoid robotics its first market-set valuation.
Drones just started deciding who wins wars — Anduril's $20B Army contract and an 80%-of-casualties statistic from Ukraine.
The $32 billion answer to a decade of breaches — Google's acquisition of Wiz, the largest pure cybersecurity deal ever recorded.
The most valuable company on Earth builds rockets — SpaceX's market cap hit $2.52T within days of going public.