Shield AI built its business on software that flies drones and jets. Its deal for radar maker Echodyne shows it now wants to sell the aircraft, the autonomy, and everything around them. x.com/i/article/2118โฆ
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New in November: Our analysts now make calls on markets and companies. New datasets surface companies your AI canโt. Signals and scheduled tasks put your sourcing on autopilot.
All this and more in our biggest release yet:
๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Data tells you whatโs out there, not what to bet on. Market Views puts our analysts on the record about emerging tech. Analyst Ratings lets you pressure-test your thesis.
๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐
Ask AI for lookalikes and youโll get generic answers. Similar Companies spans 4M, including startups nobody has written about. Stealth Companies tracks 40K more yet to launch.
โก ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐
Signals alert you when to act, like when a company wins its first F500 customer or hires its first public CFO. Refreshed skills help ChatCBI, Claude, or Copilot source companies, score competitors, and find founders
Learn more: cbinsights.com/november-2026-โฆ
All this and more in our biggest release yet:
๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Data tells you whatโs out there, not what to bet on. Market Views puts our analysts on the record about emerging tech. Analyst Ratings lets you pressure-test your thesis.
๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐
Ask AI for lookalikes and youโll get generic answers. Similar Companies spans 4M, including startups nobody has written about. Stealth Companies tracks 40K more yet to launch.
โก ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐
Signals alert you when to act, like when a company wins its first F500 customer or hires its first public CFO. Refreshed skills help ChatCBI, Claude, or Copilot source companies, score competitors, and find founders
Learn more: cbinsights.com/november-2026-โฆ
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NYCโs AI startups arenโt racing the frontier labs. Theyโre selling to the banks, insurers, health systems, and asset managers that run the city.
The NYC Emerging AI 50, builtย with @Accenture and @TechNYC, is a list of the city's most promising AI startups.
Read more here: cbinsights.com/research/the-eโฆ
The NYC Emerging AI 50, builtย with @Accenture and @TechNYC, is a list of the city's most promising AI startups.
Read more here: cbinsights.com/research/the-eโฆ
Lab-grown blood. Cyborg bugs. โฌ200K body preservation.
Our Halloween market map has 39 startups, and a few need explaining.
cbinsights.com/research/newslโฆ
Our Halloween market map has 39 startups, and a few need explaining.
cbinsights.com/research/newslโฆ
The 9th annual CB Insights Fintech 100 is here.
Meet the startups most likely to shape the future of financial services.
Many of this yearโs winners are building beneath the products customers see: compliance, data enrichment, tokenization, and cross-border payments.
We selected them based on deal activity, industry partnerships, team strength, investor strength, executive interviews, and proprietary metrics.
Together, these companies have raised $10.9B in equity funding and have disclosed 330+ partnerships since 2025.
These are the startups to watch if youโre investing, acquiring, partnering, or competing in financial services.
See the 2026 cohort and market map: cbinsights.com/research/reporโฆ
Meet the startups most likely to shape the future of financial services.
Many of this yearโs winners are building beneath the products customers see: compliance, data enrichment, tokenization, and cross-border payments.
We selected them based on deal activity, industry partnerships, team strength, investor strength, executive interviews, and proprietary metrics.
Together, these companies have raised $10.9B in equity funding and have disclosed 330+ partnerships since 2025.
These are the startups to watch if youโre investing, acquiring, partnering, or competing in financial services.
See the 2026 cohort and market map: cbinsights.com/research/reporโฆ
