AI agents are defining the next wave of tech innovation.
Every big tech company and a rapidly growing private market landscape are building agent offerings targeting enterprise use cases and industries from financial services to manufacturing.
For enterprises across sectors, one question is becoming unavoidable: Which AI agent strategies will separate market leaders from those left behind?
Enterprises are under pressure to build and implement agents as these LLM-based systems change how companies operate, hire, and scale.
Across 9 reports, discover where startup innovation is pointing, promising partnership and acquisition targets, and key trends to watch based on CB Insights predictive intelligence. Download the report for free.
This 68-page report covers:
Foreword from Manlio Carrelli, CEO of CB Insights
Outlook on AI agents
6 AI agent predictions looking into 2026
The AI agent ecosystem — Who are the startups, infrastructure providers, and emerging revenue leaders to watch?
- The AI agent market map
- The AI agent tech stack
- The AI agent revenue race
AI agents make inroads across enterprise workflows — How are agents reshaping coding, customer service, and backend operations at scale?
- Y Combinator’s 2025 Spring batch reveals the future of agentic AI
- Building the agent economy: How cloud leaders are shaping AI’s next frontier
- The summer of vibe coding is over — How reasoning models broke the economics of AI code generation
Industry applications gain momentum — Where are vertical-specific agents gaining adoption and delivering measurable ROI?
- 3 markets fueling the shift to agentic commerce
- The industrial AI agents & copilots market map
- 100 real-world applications of genAI across financial services and insurance
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