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| 50 defense tech startups. Stablecoin dominance. Italy's top investors.   View in browser November 29, 2025 Hi there,   Top GTM teams already use CB Insights integrations with Salesforce and other CRMs to power their outreach.   Now, teams running on Clay can add our data there.   Learn how you can inject CB Insights predictive intelligence into your GTM team's workflows.   And now, here are this week's top research briefs. ICYMI   The AI agent market map Using CB Insights predictive intelligence, we map 400+ promising AI agent startups across 16 categories to evaluate for build, buy, and partnership opportunities. Book of Scouting Reports: The top 50 early-stage defense startups Using the CB Insights' Mosaic score — a predictive measure of private company health and likelihood of success — we identified the most promising early-stage defense tech startups. The top 25 Italy venture investors We used CB Insights' predictive signals to identify Italy's top venture firms and rank them based on their portfolio strength and ability to predict future winners. Early-Stage Trends Report: Stablecoins’ breakout moment, real-world AI training data, and more in October We analyzed 1,350+ early-stage deals in October to identify the most promising companies, top investors, and emerging categories to watch based on CB Insights predictive intelligence. Customer-Exclusive Research   Mosaic and hiring signals show VPP momentum shifting to capacity markets and Europe CB Insights signals — Mosaic movements plus hiring and headcount shifts — show VPP momentum tilting away from California and toward capacity‑market regions and Europe. We identify where providers are gaining ground and which startups are best positioned for what's next. Space is the new cybersecurity frontier: Here are the startups leading the race We used our CB Insights Mosaic score to identify the startups most likely to lead the expanding space cybersecurity market. Surgical robots reach an inflection point: Here are the M&A targets leading the shift Using CB Insights' proprietary Mosaic scores and M&A probability signals, we analyzed 40+ surgical robotics companies to surface the 6 best positioned for acquisition. Have a great weekend.   I love you.    Anand @asanwal Co-Founder & Exec Chair   P.S. Did you miss our briefing on real-world use cases of AI agents in action? Download the recording to learn about agents driving ROI.   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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