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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