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Nvidia's next big bet? Physical AI

4 weeks ago | cbinsights.com | Alex Lee

With M&A on the rise, we break down how Nvidia is using acquisitions — including purchasing synthetic data startup Gretel last week — to strengthen its positioning in the next wave of AI development. Below, we break down what’s driving the surge in deals, then zoom in on Nvidia’s latest purchase. Buyers on the prowlQ1’25 has already seen 11 $1B+ deals for VC-backed companies worth a combined $54.5B — blowing past quarters out of the water.
Small teams, big exits: $100M+ tech acquisitions in 2025 are going to lean startups

1 month ago | cbinsights.com | Alex Lee

In 2025 so far, tech companies acquired for $100M or more had just 100 employees at the median. We break down the quarter's most efficient exits and which startups could be next. Small teams are getting big payouts. That’s what the M&A data for 2025 says. Using CB Insights M&A transaction and headcount data for Q1’25 so far, we found that tech companies acquired for $100M or more had just 100 employees at the median.
The AI agent market map

1 month ago | cbinsights.com | Isabelle Selles

We mined the CB Insights database to map 170+ AI agent startups across 26 categories. We also provide an outlook on AI agents’ progress, limitations, and future directions. “Digital coworkers” are moving from concept to reality. Implications for enterprises will be far-reaching, from altering workforce composition (with new hybrid teams of humans and AI agents) to maximizing operational efficiency through full automation of routine tasks.
Zuckerberg vs. Altman: A showdown in social AI

1 month ago | cbinsights.com | Alex Lee

Chatbots’ record quarter, artificial emotional intelligence, and more from the CB Insights newsletter. AI chatbots saw a record 427M app downloads last quarter — up 42% vs. Q3. Now Meta wants in on the action. The tech giant reportedly plans to spin Meta AI into a standalone app to compete with ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other chatbot apps.
What’s next for AI agents? 4 trends to watch in 2025

1 month ago | cbinsights.com | Isabelle Selles

From increasing specialization to rising infrastructure markets, here’s where the opportunities lie across the AI agent landscape. View 250+ companies developing AI agentsBelow, we outline 4 AI agent trends to watch in 2025 based on CB Insights data:Big tech and leading LLM developers dominate general-purpose agent use cases: Tech giants’ AI developments will make agents better, cheaper, and more pervasive in 2025, while also putting more pressure on private players.
The cybersecurity in healthcare market map

1 month ago | cbinsights.com | Kenya Watson

From data loss prevention to IoT security, we map 135+ companies helping healthcare organizations combat cyber threats. Healthcare’s exposure to costly cyberattacks is on the rise. This is being fueled by the use of legacy systems and the widespread adoption of new technologies like connected devices, which create potential access points to critical systems. The 2024 Change Healthcare cyberattack demonstrates the far-reaching consequences of cybercrime in healthcare.
AI and Web3 are leading the next wave of gaming innovation

2 months ago | cbinsights.com | Laura Kennedy

Gaming investment rallied in 2024. Here’s how emerging tech is making gaming more immersive, responsive, and secure. The number of global gamers has nearly doubled over the past decade, reaching 3.4B in 2023. Despite this growth, increased accessibility and platform diversity have made it harder for gaming companies to build sustainable revenue streams. But AI and blockchain solutions are driving innovation to create new revenue streams and stoke the existing ones.
Should enterprises adopt closed-source or open-source AI models?

2 months ago | cbinsights.com | Isabelle Selles

As performance gaps narrow and model costs drop, the open vs. closed model debate is in the spotlight. This brief explores enterprise adoption in the landscape and the cost dynamics reshaping the divide. Note: For the purposes of this analysis, we consider “open-weight” models (like Llama) to be on the “open-source” model spectrum. Graphic excludes reasoning models.
What DeepSeek’s model releases mean for the future of AI

2 months ago | cbinsights.com | Isabelle Selles

We dig into the implications of China-based DeepSeek’s rapid ascent on the AI infrastructure landscape, the private sector, and enterprise AI strategies. China’s DeepSeek has upended assumptions about what it takes to develop powerful AI models. The AI company, which emerged from Liang Wenfeng’s hedge fund High-Flyer, released an open-source reasoning model (named R1) in January 2025 that rivals the performance of OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model.
Critical infrastructure is under attack: How operational technology (OT) security platforms are helping companies better prepare

Jan 23, 2025 | cbinsights.com | Kenya Watson

Critical infrastructure sectors are being exposed to costly cyberattacks. This brief explores how industrials firms have responded by investing in and partnering with OT security firms and how healthcare companies can follow suit. Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure sectors — those considered vital to a country’s security and economy, such as healthcare, telecommunications, and utilities — pose a significant threat to national and economic security.