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| The top digital health companies. Insurtech 50. Y Combinator Summer Batch.   View in browser October 18, 2025 Hi there,   If you’re attending HLTH Las Vegas this week, make sure you: Download the CB Insights app to turn happy hour chatter into competitive intel Join Ellen Knapp for the Digital Health 50 Reveal on October 20 at 4:00 PM on the Plutus Stage And now, here are this week's top research briefs. ICYMI   State of Venture Q3’25 Report Venture funding and exits surged to a 3-year high. Decacorns raised record dollars. Humanoids captured the most deals. Here’s everything you need to know about VC in Q3’25. Insurtech 50: The most promising insurtech startups of 2025 CB Insights partners with ITC Vegas to launch its 4th annual list of the world’s most promising insurtech startups. From agency renewals to embedded insurance platforms, this year's winners, selected using CB Insights’ predictive signals, are shaping an industry landscape where AI agents augment operations and customers gain more coverage choices. Y Combinator’s 2025 Summer Batch reveals focus on production-ready AI We analyze Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch to uncover the top trends in agent infrastructure, AI-native tech, verticalized software, and more. The GEO companies winning the AI search arms race Using CB Insights’ Mosaic score, we identify the generative engine optimization (GEO) companies that are giving brands the edge in AI search. Customer-Exclusive Research   140+ companies rewriting the legal industry We mapped 140+ startups across 11 legal tech markets to discover which markets are gaining momentum, identify investment opportunities, and find potential partners in the legal tech space. The new industrial revolution: How SpaceX is driving the emerging space economy We analyzed SpaceX's acquisitions, investments, and partnerships since Q4’23 to surface the company's strategic priorities. The military-startup complex: How Silicon Valley is reshaping the defense industry We analyzed CB Insights data to examine record defense tech funding, understand global investment trends, and identify how companies can navigate the new military-startup complex. Have a great weekend.   I love you.    Anand @asanwal Co-Founder & Exec Chair   P.S. Want to learn more about where VC activity is heating up? Download our briefing on the State of Venture Q3’25 here. Get started with CB Insights Start your free trial CB Insights' emerging technology insights platform provides all the analysis and data from this newsletter. Our data is the easiest way to discover and respond to emerging tech.  Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here Copyright © 2025 CB Insights, All rights reserved. 498 7th Avenue, NY, CB Insights, New York,10018 About Us \| Update Preferences \| Research \| Newsletter |
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