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For each of the requested companies, returns the investors (e.g. VCs, angels, lead investors, participating investors, backers) who have funded it, including round participation details and lead investor status. To filter investors by type, geography, fund size, or 50+ other attributes, use `search_investors` instead.

get_company_investors

For each of the requested companies, returns the market maps (e.g. industry landscapes, sectors, ESP categories, verticals, segments) that include it, with the market name, description, and associated industries.

get_company_markets

For each of the requested companies or investors, returns recent news articles (e.g. press releases, announcements, headlines, media coverage, mentions), including dates, titles, content snippets, source URLs, and other organizations mentioned in the same articles.

get_company_news

For each of the requested companies, returns forward-looking outlook data: Mosaic scores (with insights, percentiles, and 1-year deltas), exit probability (IPO/M&A) with contributing signals, and commercial maturity / technology readiness levels (TRL). Mosaic is a 0-1000 health/growth score for private companies (>600 signals a higher likelihood of IPO, unicorn status, or favorable exit).

get_company_outlook

Return profile overviews for companies or investors: name, description, website, HQ location, founded year, status (e.g. alive, acquired, IPO, dead), total funding, Mosaic score, headcount, sector/industry classification, and market maps. Use this to look up a single company/investor, or to fetch many at once — e.g. to populate a table or compare a set of companies side by side. To find or filter companies and investors by 50+ attributes (rather than look up ones you can already name or identify), use `search_companies` or `search_investors`.

get_company_profile

For each of the requested companies, returns its business relationships (e.g. partnerships, suppliers, customers, vendors, licensees), ordered by recency. To filter by relationship type (i.e. client of company, integration partners), industry, or 50+ attributes to find connections between specific companies, use `search_partnerships` instead.

get_company_relationships

For each of the requested companies, returns revenue data, including estimated and reported revenue figures, revenue ranges, and historical revenue when available.

get_company_revenue

Return the full transcript for a single earnings call (quarterly results, analyst call, investor call) for a public company, including all speaker paragraphs in order. Defaults to the most recent earnings call. To compare multiple earnings periods, call this tool in parallel once per period.

get_earnings_call_transcript

Returns an overview of a technology market or industry sector: market name, description, and key features; the list of companies / competitors in the market ranked by CBI Mosaic score (company health/momentum), each with CBI's scorecard analysis (competitive analysis, customer outcomes, etc.); and market trends including industry and sub-industry classification, equity funding totals and deal counts over 1-year and 2-year windows, average Mosaic score, commercial maturity stage, average employee headcount and headcount growth, a multi-year equity-funding-and-deals time series, and recent exit activity (IPOs / acquisitions). Use this to research a market's size, funding activity, competitive landscape, top startups, and growth trends. Accepts either a known market id or a market name (resolved against the CBI market taxonomy).

get_market

Return a list of companies, automatically extracting filters from the natural-language query and combining them into search combinations. Industry, market, and technology concepts are matched as keyterms; the attributes below are extracted as structured filters. Use `get_company_profile` instead when you already know the specific company you want. Available filter attributes (mention any of these in `query` and they are applied automatically): geography, company status, commercial maturity, headcount, headcount growth 6m, headcount growth 12m, headcount growth 24m, revenue, revenue growth latest, revenue growth future, revenue multiple, revenue per headcount, stock price, market cap, mosaic overall, mosaic momentum, mosaic money, mosaic market, mosaic management, M&A probability, IPO probability, founded year, total funding, latest funding amount, latest valuation, deal size, exit valuation, historical investment stages, funding round, funding date, deal date, exit date, funding window, VC backed, analyst briefing, exit type, investor, lead investor, acquirer, company name. Always show the citation source URL in your answer - the results must be cited.

search_companies

Return a list of funding deals, automatically extracting filters from the natural-language query. Industry, market, and technology concepts are matched as keyterms; the attributes below are extracted as structured filters. Not for use with other deal types, such as licensing deals, partnerships, and agreements - use `search_partnerships` instead. Available filter attributes (mention any of these in `query` and they are applied automatically): geography, deal size, deal date, investment stage, investor, lead investor.

search_deals

Search for investors — including venture capital firms (VCs), private equity funds (PE), angel investors, family offices, corporate venture arms, and hedge funds. Filters are extracted automatically from the natural-language query; portfolio-company industry, market, and technology concepts are matched as keyterms. Available filter attributes (mention any of these in `query` and they are applied automatically): investor name, investor geography, investor type, investor founded year, investment stage, total funding, deal size, valuation, deal date, co-investor, deals last 12 months, total deals, exit valuation, exits last 12 months, portfolio company name, portfolio company status, portfolio company founded year, portfolio company location.

search_investors

Search for business partnerships, alliances, collaborations, agreements, and other ongoing business connections between companies or across industries. Filters are extracted automatically from the natural-language query. Use this tool for queries like: partnerships between two industries, cross-sector collaborations, vendor relationships in a market, licensing deals between companies, supply chain connections, sponsorship deals, and strategic alliances. Use `get_company_relationships` instead for an unfiltered list of every business connection a single named company has. Relationship-level filters: relationship type (partnership, vendor/client, licensor/licensee, supplier/distributor, sponsorship), relationship keywords, time period, and one or two specific companies or industries as the partner sides. Each partner side (when given as an industry rather than a named company) supports the full company filter set: geography, company status, commercial maturity, headcount, headcount growth 6m, headcount growth 12m, headcount growth 24m, revenue, revenue growth latest, revenue growth future, revenue multiple, revenue per headcount, stock price, market cap, mosaic overall, mosaic momentum, mosaic money, mosaic market, mosaic management, M&A probability, IPO probability, founded year, total funding, latest funding amount, latest valuation, deal size, exit valuation, investment stages, funding round, funding date, deal date, exit date, funding window, VC backed, analyst briefing, exit type, investor, lead investor, acquirer, company name.

search_partnerships

Search for people (executives, founders, engineers, etc.) by their role and background. Filters are extracted automatically from the natural-language query. The search supports four optional, AND-combined sections: - Person Details: name, location (the person's location), contact availability (email / LinkedIn), and education degree. - Current Role: job title, seniority level, department, time in current role, plus the company/industry the role is at. - Past Role: the same job attributes (no time-in-role) for a role the person previously held. - Current or Past Role: a role the person holds OR has held. The company/industry side of any role reuses the full company filter set (industry, market, technology, geography, headcount, revenue, funding, status, etc.) — describe the company in natural language. Available company filter attributes (mention any of these in `query` and they are applied automatically): geography, company status, commercial maturity, headcount, headcount growth 6m, headcount growth 12m, headcount growth 24m, revenue, revenue growth latest, revenue growth future, revenue multiple, revenue per headcount, stock price, market cap, mosaic overall, mosaic momentum, mosaic money, mosaic market, mosaic management, M&A probability, IPO probability, founded year, total funding, latest funding amount, latest valuation, deal size, exit valuation, historical investment stages, funding round, funding date, deal date, exit date, funding window, VC backed, analyst briefing, exit type, investor, lead investor, acquirer, company name. Each result is a person with their location, contact info, and roles (company, job title, department, seniority, tenure). Always show the citation source URL in your answer — the results must be cited.

search_people

Return a list of CB Insights proprietary research with filters for research topics, industries, keywords, specific organizations, research type (market maps, research briefs, state of reports, future of reports, competitor analysis, top company lists, big tech reports, buyer perspective reports, investment thesis maps, customer sentiment, webinars, markets), and publish date.

search_research