Silicon Valley concentrates tech development in one place, but Asia takes a different approach, with whole markets specializing in different stages of the startup lifecycle. We analyzed CB Insights data to map how this model is creating a new path to global tech scale.
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.
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.
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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