Hi there,

It’s very interesting to see which searches are trending on the CB Insights platform. Here are the most popular searches in the last 60 days: 

 On-demand tutoring.

Other popular search terms included:

•  drayage

•  pandemic and vaccine

•  contact center software

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Money, money, money

Since 2014, more than 4.3K AI startups have raised funding globally. 

From finance to healthcare to retail, we map out 8.4K+ deals across 19 industries in our AI deals tracker here.

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The expectations just keep on rising for founders.

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• Interim CEO, Envestnet (NYSE: ENV)

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Nikkei Asian Review. Shotaro Tani breaks down the potential of a Grab-Gojek merger and makes use of CB Insights data.

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MIT Technology Review

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Gizmodo

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