Example VLBA continuum image cutouts (each with dimensions of 40 × 40 mas) from Patil et al. (in preparation) of young, compact radio AGNs with source extents of some tens of parsec. These sources have redshifts in the range of 0.5 ≲ z ≲ 2 and are drawn from the sample presented in Lonsdale et al. (2015). The Lonsdale sample selects heavily obscured, powerful AGNs embedded in luminous starbursting galaxies at intermediate redshifts with compact radio emission based on their properties from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wright et al. 2010) and the NRAO–VLA Sky Survey (Condon et al. 1998). The large collecting area and angular resolution of the ngVLA will facilitate deep, spatially resolved surveys of compact radio jets with comparable extents in a wide range of systems, providing new insights into the energetic impact of young radio jets under a wide range of host galaxy conditions and properties.