March 7, 2026

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CB Insights GenAI Signal Tracker

Among genAI startups, LLM-powered document processor Extend AI saw the largest jump in Mosaic score over the last year, a signal of private company momentum and its likelihood of success. Track other emerging generative AI startups, shifting markets, and breakout opportunities with our dynamic signal tracker.

9 Fintech Predictions for 2026

Powerful forces are converging to reshape financial services in 2026. The 9 predictions below draw on CB Insights' proprietary signals across 23,000+ fintechs to identify which companies and sectors are pulling ahead.

The top 9 reasons startups fail

From running out of cash to legal troubles, we break down the top 9 reasons for startup failure by analyzing 400+ post-mortems.

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Early-Stage Trends Report: Agentic Security, AI Scientists, and more

We used CB Insights' proprietary data to identify the highest-potential early-stage companies that raised in the last two months, and then leveraged our predictive signals on those companies to uncover the trends shaping their momentum.

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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Customer-Exclusive Research

The oil & gas value chain market map

We mapped 235 companies across 24 markets in the oil & gas value chain and leveraged our predictive signals to identify where advantage is forming, capital is accelerating, and strategic partnerships should be prioritized.

The pharmaceutical manufacturing value chain market map

We mapped 90+ companies across 17 markets in the pharmaceutical manufacturing value chain and leveraged our predictive signals to identify emerging trends.

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