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August 1, 2026

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Here is this week's top research. 

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State of AI Q2’26

AI funding just posted its second-highest quarter on record. Here's what happened.

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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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AI 100: The most promising artificial intelligence startups of 2026

CB Insights is launching the 10th annual AI 100 — our ranking of the world’s top emerging AI companies based on CB Insights’ predictive signals. From the infrastructure layer to enterprise and industry-specific applications, this year’s winners are shaping how industries think, decide, and act.

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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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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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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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