new from CB Insights in November 2026
Our analysts now make calls on markets and companies. New datasets surface companies your AI can’t. Signals and scheduled tasks put your sourcing on autopilot.
All this and more in our biggest release yet.
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6 of the Mag 7
All the Big 4
26 of the top 30 largest banks
The largest 9 pharma
4 largest US telcos
6 of the Mag 7
All the Big 4
26 of the top 30 largest banks
The largest 9 pharma
4 largest US telcos
6 of the Mag 7
All the Big 4
26 of the top 30 largest banks
The largest 9 pharma
4 largest US telcos
6 of the Mag 7
All the Big 4
26 of the top 30 largest banks
The largest 9 pharma
4 largest US telcos
choose the right targets with expert opinion
Market Views
New tech markets form every day. Knowing which to pursue takes not just data, but also judgment.
Our analysts take a position on the latest emerging tech: Optimistic, Neutral, Cautious. Learn where each market is heading, what determines its success, and what would change our minds, on everything from humanoid robotics to coding agents to sodium-ion batteries.
In beta today with 30 markets and growing.
Analyst Ratings
Confirm or challenge your thesis with analyst judgment.
Our analysts rate the key startups shaping each market: Optimistic, Neutral, Cautious. Each call comes with a detailed note about the market, the competition, key signals, and what would change our mind.
In beta today with 500 companies and growing.
discover companies your AI can’t
Similar Companies
AI finds 30 lookalikes for any startup. We’ll find 300.
Our new Similar Companies dataset spans 4 million companies, including early-stage startups with no news coverage, invisible to generic AI.
Every match shows degree of competition and product similarity. Refine your list with dozens of search filters like revenue, headcount, or leadership traits.
Stealth Companies
Spot relevant targets before the public does.
Our new Stealth Companies dataset tracks 40,000 companies, inferring their industry, technology, and geography based on founder experience.
Get alerts as companies in your target market form, develop, and exit stealth.
put sourcing on autopilot
Signals
Turn your cold emails into hot leads.
Signals tell you when to act by mining the data to reveal key inflection points. Like when a company wins its first F500 customer. Or enters its funding window. Or hires its first public CFO.
Set alerts from any company profile or watchlist, choose the signals that matter, and get emails live or in a daily or weekly digest.
*Top News is now Signals. Your existing alerts carry over, and your emails will now read “Signals from your watchlist.”
Skills for your AI and ChatCBI
Equip your AI agents to source companies like a private market expert with 11 refreshed skills for searching companies, scoring competitors, finding founders and more.
Have ChatCBI choose skills automatically as you work together, or download them to use in your agents like Claude or Copilot together with our MCP.
Scheduled Tasks in ChatCBI
Set up your regular newsletters, pipeline prep, and partner briefings hands-free.
ChatCBI runs any task on your cadence, delivered fresh to your inbox and CB Insights terminal.
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