Top US university endowments gain 27–38% in 2026 on AI and SpaceX bets

A Dongxi NLP post on X reports that endowments at the University of North Carolina system (+37.8%), Washington University in St.

Louis (+37.3%), and Harvard (+27.1%) posted large gains in 2026. The post attributes the gains to early investments in AI and SpaceX. It also argues that universities, as long-term capital holders, benefit from the technology wave, despite predictions that AI will disrupt academic research and universities. The post does not cite the endowments' own reports or other sources for the returns or the investment attribution.