State of venture trackers.

Future of professional services.

Insurtech deals. 

 

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August 29, 2026

Hi there, 

 

CB Insights Analyst Benjamin Lawrence joined Accenture's Francis Hintermann to explain why physical AI now leads the AI market on deal volume, and where first-mover advantage goes next. Get the full breakdown here.

 

And now, here is this week's top research. 

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State of Insurtech Q2’26

Global insurtech funding reached a 4-year high. Here’s what happened.

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State of Venture Tracker

Funding tops $200B for the second consecutive quarter. Deal count hits a decade low. Mega-rounds take 81% of all capital. SpaceX goes public at a record valuation. Every data point comes from the CB Insights proprietary database, updated in real time.

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Book of Scouting Reports: ITC Vegas 2026

We dive deep into the data on the conference's top 250 tech vendors to help you prioritize the right ones to meet at the conference.

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The Future of Professional Services: How firms will capture value in the AI agent era

Using CB Insights predictive intelligence and insights from senior AI and data executives at top professional services firms, we developed a roadmap for staying competitive in an AI-first world.

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State of Digital Health Q2’26

Dealmaking contracted again while a few large rounds carried the quarter.

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Customer-Exclusive Research

 

The manufacturing robotics market map: 115+ companies building the automated factory of the future

We mapped 116 companies across 14 manufacturing robotics markets, leveraging our predictive signals to identify emerging trends.

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5 AI agent predictions for 2026

As agents delete work and win labor budgets, the bottleneck shifts from building them to deploying, securing, and scaling them. CB Insights’ signals reveal the markets capturing that value in 2026.

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