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Interest in late-stage venture capital strategies is skyrocketing as investors pursue a narrower set of fast-accelerating artificial intelligence startups with hopes of exiting them relatively quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"One shouldn't panic if you see a sequence of numbers that are lower than you're used to, because, again, population growth is going down and productivity growth is skyrocketing."

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The “fundamental challenge” in AI is skyrocketing demand for computational power, and by virtue, Nvidia hardware, Huang said during his presentation.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

“My impostor syndrome is skyrocketing right now, as well as my cortisol levels,” Baker said, accepting the DGA prize.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

The annual cost per student is skyrocketing to astronomical levels—now averaging $1,650 a year, although almost half of our families earn less than $5,000.

From State of the Union Address by Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)