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While Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies have grown their private-market valuations substantially in recent months, this isn’t the first time that closed-end funds offering access to flashy private companies have trended.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Monthly unique visitors to the Gemini app and website have trended down since September, according to web data analyzed by Citi.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

“Kansas is a relatively Republican leaning state,” Skelley continued, “but the Kansas City suburbs have trended toward the Democrats in the Trump era.”

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2025

What’s more remarkable is that these investments have trended in the same direction even as the key stakeholders involved do everything they can to pump, pump, pump it up.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025

But since then, the number of wide-release films and global theatrical revenue have trended steadily downward, Gross said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025