CB Insights February 28, 2025
From increasing specialization to rising infrastructure markets, here’s where the opportunities lie across the AI agent landscape.
AI agents are dominating the conversation. Mentions on corporate earnings calls grew 4x quarter-over-quarter in Q4’24. And they’re on pace to double again this quarter.
These LLM-based systems mark an evolution beyond copilots: AI agents can accomplish complex tasks on a user’s behalf with minimal intervention, from sales prospecting to compliance decisioning.
In the rapidly growing landscape for agent infrastructure and applications, over half of companies in the market have been founded since 2023. Meanwhile, funding to startups in the space nearly 3x’d in 2024.
Below, we outline 4 AI agent trends to watch in 2025 based on CB Insights data:
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