September 19, 2026

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Inside Asia’s fast-track to global tech scale: A regional innovation powerhouse beyond Silicon Valley

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.

The 3 forces shaping the future of insurance agencies and brokerages

Why talent will increasingly be the key differentiator for the industry’s leading agencies and brokerages.

State of Digital Health Q2’26

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

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.

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.

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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