Perplexity gives access to all users to curated market intelligence from CB Insights, including company activity, based on CB Insights’s Research and Market Maps data sets, covering private-company activity, investment trends, and competitive landscapes across a wide range of industries.

CB Insights as a premium data source is available to all Perplexity users, and no sign-in or separate subscription is required.

Why use CB Insights as a premium data source?

  • Explore market trend, analysis, and industry sizing data tracked and verified by CB Insights analysts and proprietary models, covering startups, VC investments, and innovation signals.

  • Uncover opportunities, benchmark competitors, and inform research with double-verified insights about private companies, funding activity, and sector shifts.

  • Quickly reference CB Insights’ actionable data in your queries and answers, labeled for transparency and trustworthiness.

How to use CB Insights as a premium data source

Simply choose CB Insights as a source from the + menu > Connectors and sources when starting a new session.

Alternatively, you can mention @CB Insights when starting a new session to choose Statista as a source.

You can combine CB Insights with Web search, or other sources (including other App Connectors) to enrich your answers, integrating data from different sources.

What can I ask?

Below you’ll find some examples of queries you can ask Perplexity, using CB Insights’ premium data:

  • How might recent regulatory changes impact the valuation and growth of healthcare technology unicorns tracked by CB Insights?

  • What improvements to our internal pitch deck are suggested by comparing CB Insights B2B SaaS fundraising trends with winning strategies in the market?

  • Where do our #strategy Slack channel discussions align with CB Insights venture capital trends, and what areas of opportunity emerge for our team?

  • Which emerging trends in enterprise workflow automation are reflected both in our most requested Linear product features and CB Insights data?

  • Who are the startup leaders in IoT innovation according to CB Insights, and how can our Notion roadmap highlight relevant acquisitions for competitive insight?

  • Which retail tech startups aggregated from CB Insights and contextualized with internal sales feedback and Statista consumer trends offer the strongest go-to-market opportunities?

How many queries can I run?

You can run a limited number of premium queries each day, with exact limits varying by plan across Free, Pro, Perplexity Max, Enterprise Pro, and Enterprise Max.