escape velocity
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“We are starting to hit escape velocity on our path to be the winner that takes most in digital financial services,” SoFi CEO Anthony Noto told investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
That’s been the order since tracking of the race began, with no candidate—whether they’re spending $60 million or not—able to achieve any sort of escape velocity.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
“The combination of lower rates, artificial intelligence, more productivity and additional fiscal support from government spending on infrastructure, could help the markets achieve escape velocity in 2026.”
From Barron's ● Dec. 9, 2025
He’s also touted even wilder ideas, saying on X that 100 terawatts a year “is possible from a lunar base producing solar-powered AI satellites locally and accelerating them to escape velocity with a mass driver.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
The minimum speed you need to throw the rock to enable it to escape is called, naturally enough, the escape velocity.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
