CHIANG MAI, Thailand, Jun 04, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Ling, the language learning platform offering courses in more than 70 languages, today announced the launch of its complete Macedonian language course, now available globally on web, iOS, and Android. The course features professionally recorded audio from native Macedonian speakers throughout the curriculum, supporting authentic pronunciation and listening comprehension.

The launch expands Ling's portfolio of lesser-taught language offerings and addresses a longstanding gap in the language-learning market, where Macedonian has remained largely unavailable on major language-learning platforms.

Spoken by approximately two million people worldwide, Macedonian is attracting increasing interest from a diverse range of learners, including members of the Macedonian diaspora seeking to reconnect with their heritage, remote workers relocating to North Macedonia, travelers exploring the Balkans, and language learners interested in Slavic languages.

Several factors are contributing to growing interest in the language:

* Expanding Macedonian diaspora communities in countries including Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

* Rapid growth in North Macedonia's digital nomad ecosystem, particularly in Skopje.

* Increasing international tourism supported by expanded air connectivity from Western Europe.

* Continued economic and political integration efforts with the European Union.

* Growing interest in Slavic language study, where Macedonian serves as a useful entry point for related languages.

"Macedonian is a language many people have wanted to learn for years, but quality learning resources have been limited," said Simon Bacher, CEO and Co-Founder of Ling. "We've heard from heritage learners, long-term travelers, and digital nomads who wanted a structured way to learn the language. Providing authentic native-speaker audio was a key priority because pronunciation and listening skills are essential parts of language acquisition."

The Macedonian course includes vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening, speaking, and interactive dialogue exercises designed to help learners build practical communication skills. As with all Ling courses, lessons are delivered through short, gamified learning modules intended to support daily practice and long-term retention.

The course is available immediately through Ling's web platform and mobile applications.

ABOUT LING

Ling is a language learning platform offering courses in more than 70 languages, including both widely spoken and lesser-taught languages that are often underserved by mainstream educational technology platforms. Through interactive lessons, native-speaker audio, real-life dialogues, and cultural insights, Ling helps learners develop practical language skills for travel, work, heritage connection, and personal growth.

For more information, visit: https://ling-app.com/

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TROY, Mich. and NAPLES, Fla., Jun 04, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Class Valuation, a leading real estate appraisal management company, today announced a partnership with Makena, a next-generation property data platform designed to help enterprises collect accurate, structured and actionable property data at scale. Through the partnership, Class Valuation appraisers will gain access to InstaPlan(r), Makena's mobile data collection and floor plan application, as they prepare for the wide-scale UAD 3.6 mandate on November 2, 2026.

InstaPlan generates ANSI-compliant floor plans, including real-time GLA calculations, and captures discrete data points as appraisers move through a property. Unlike other mobile data collection apps, appraisers can stop and resume collection at any point and complete all required data fields before leaving the property, making it a practical tool for UAD 2.6 reports today and built for what UAD 3.6 will require. InstaPlan integrates directly with SFREP and supports MISMO-compliant exports for appraisers using other form providers.

"We're recommending InstaPlan to our appraisers because we've seen what it can do, and we're confident in the technology," said Chris Flynn, chief operating officer of Class Valuation. "UAD 3.6 is bringing meaningful changes to how appraisers collect and report property data, and we want our appraisers to have the right tools in hand before the mandate. This partnership is a direct expression of our commitment to supporting the appraisers who rely on Class Valuation."

Class Valuation appraisers using InstaPlan are already seeing meaningful time savings, with average inspection times dropping from 1.3 hours to less than 30 minutes for a standard 3,300 square foot property. Faster data collection reduces revision requests and accelerates report delivery.

"We built InstaPlan to take the complexity out of property data collection so appraisers can focus on their work, not the tools," said Anthony Guarascio, co-founder and chief executive officer of Makena. "Partnering with Class Valuation is a natural fit because they understand what appraisers need and share our commitment to bringing practical innovation to the industry."

"As UAD 3.6 preparations ramp up, appraisers need tools that make data collection faster, more consistent and easier to manage in the field," said Steve Yatko, co-founder and chief technology officer of Makena. "InstaPlan was designed to support that shift with a simple mobile workflow that captures floor plans, photos and room-level data in one pass."

InstaPlan is available now for iOS through the Apple App Store. Class appraisers can complete InstaPlan training at makenauniversity.com.

About Class Valuation

Class Valuation is a leading nationwide appraisal management company (AMC) known for fast turn times, exceptional quality, and strong client service. The company brings together skilled professionals, purpose-built products and advanced technology to support lenders across the country. Consistently recognized by top mortgage lenders for outstanding performance, Class Valuation has also earned recognition as a top workplace and received numerous industry awards. Founded in 2009, Class Valuation is headquartered in Troy, Michigan. For more information, visit https://www.classvaluation.com.

About Makena

Makena™ is a next-generation property data platform that helps enterprises collect accurate, structured and actionable property data at scale. Founded in 2022, Makena combines mobile data collection, 3D modeling, and AI-driven analysis on the devices field professionals already carry - serving the appraisal, insurance, construction and facilities management industries with a focus on accuracy, compliance readiness and ease of use in the field. Makena is headquartered in Naples, Fla. For more information, visit https://instaplan.ai.

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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Jun 03, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Love takes center stage under the summer sky as Marin Shakespeare Company presents "As You Like It," adapted and directed by Evren Odcikin and running June 19 through July 19 at the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre. A dazzling, music-filled, fashion-forward romp through the Forest of Arden. Joyous and romantic, this reimagining leans into the comedy's delicious fluidity of gender and identity. Join the celebration of love, out loud, in all its forms.

Odcikin's vibrant production opens during Pride Month and invites audiences into one of Shakespeare's most playful explorations of love and desire. In Odcikin's vision, Arden is not simply a place of exile or escape. It is a world where people find the language, the community, and the courage to say who they are out loud.

"This play has always held queer multitudes," says adaptor and director Evren Odcikin. "For me, Arden is not where these characters discover who they are. It's where they finally get to say it out loud. This production is about community, self-articulation, and the kind of joy that is chosen, defiant, and hard-won."

The production draws a vivid contrast between the polished danger of the court and the liberated world of Arden. The court is sleek, status-obsessed, and tightly controlled; Arden is colorful, communal, musical, and alive - inspired less by a traditional pastoral fantasy than by the backyard of a queer Bay Area gathering place where "weirdos and outsiders can breathe." With high fashion, music, movement, and the expansive beauty of MSC's outdoor summer amphitheatre, this "As You Like It" trades the usual forest fantasy for something stranger, sharper, and more celebratory.

"Evren's vision expands the play in exactly the way great Shakespeare should," says Artistic Director Jon Tracy. "It is deeply thoughtful, wildly theatrical, and full of life. This is a production about love, identity, community, and the courage it takes to be fully seen - all set inside one of Shakespeare's most joyful comedies."

The production also brings two extraordinary guest artists to Marin Shakespeare Company's summer stage. Lady Zen, appearing as Amiens and serving as composer and music director, is a Fulbright mezzo, poet, librettist, actor, and genre-defying entertainment artist whose Lyric Fusion Poetics blends opera, jazz, photography, and spoken word. Based in Mexico, she has toured and taught across Central America and Europe, and previously composed music for MSC's "Hamlet."

Lisa Wolpe, appearing as Jacques, is one of the world's great Shakespeare artists: a performer, director, educator, and founder of the all-female, multicultural Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company. She has performed and directed at major Shakespeare companies across the world, and her acclaimed solo work "Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender" has toured internationally - making her presence especially electric in this gender-fluid reimagining.

The cast also features two acclaimed Bay Area performers at the heart of Shakespeare's great comedy: Jeunée Simon as Rosalind and Adam Magill as Orlando. They are joined by Stevie DeMott as Olivia, Dave Maier as Charles/Oliver Martext, Fatemeh Mehraban as Celia, Cathleen Riddley as Adam/Duke Senior, David Sinaiko as Touchstone, and Chris Steele as Le Beau/Audrey.

At the center of the story are Rosalind and Orlando, two outsiders who recognize something true in one another before the rest of the world catches up. Around them, Shakespeare's beloved comedy unfolds with mistaken identities, romantic confusion, sharp wit, music, movement, and a joyful collision of hearts. In Odcikin's adaptation, the ending becomes not simply a set of marriages, but a communal celebration of love in its many forms.

Performances run June 19 through July 19 at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, located on the campus of Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.

Tickets are available now at: https://www.marinshakespeare.org/

PERFORMANCE DETAILS:

"As You Like It"

June 19 - July 19, 2026

Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

Sundays at 5 p.m.

Forest Meadows Amphitheatre

890 Belle Ave, San Rafael, CA

Tickets $0 - $49

June 19 - "Preview" (Discount Tickets from $10-$25)

June 21 - "Senior Matinee" ($20 Tickets for Seniors 65+)

June 27 - "Full Moon" (Enjoy a full Moon rising above the stage!)

June 28 - "Family Day" (FREE Admission for youths age 25 and under)

July 2 - "Pay-What-You-Will" (Choose your own price!)

ABOUT MARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY:

Stories live at Marin Shakespeare Company, constantly reimagined and renewed through the bold choices of the artists who shape them. We strive to be a hub for connection, using the complexity of world stories-past and present-through multiple theatrical forms to open space for questions, reflection, and action. Our productions invite audiences into worlds that are alive, urgent, and fully human, where laughter, wonder, and challenge coexist. Marin Shakespeare Company is Playing for Good. Learn more at: https://www.marinshakespeare.org/

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jun 03, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Secured Signing, a leading provider of secure digital signature, online notarization, video signing and identity verification solutions, announces a powerful new integration with Actionstep, the cloud-based practice management platform trusted by modern law firms.

This integration delivers a frictionless workflow that empowers legal professionals to draft, send, sign, and file documents all without ever leaving Actionstep platform.

In an industry where manual data entry often leads to costly errors and lost billable hours, this integration offers a direct solution: Sign. Save. Stay in Actionstep.

By plugging Secured Signing directly into the Actionstep dashboard, firm data such as signer names, emails, and matter numbers are pre-populated automatically. Once a document is executed, it "returns home," automatically saving back against the correct matter and updating relevant data fields in real-time.

"Law firms running on Actionstep already benefit from an exceptionally powerful practice management platform," said Mike Eyal, CEO of Secured Signing. "Now, they can amplify that power with a sophisticated, purpose-built e-Signature and digital identity layer."

This integration delivers the seamless, reliable signing experience legal teams expect eliminating copying, pasting, manual filing, and every other workflow bottleneck.

KEY FEATURES OF THE INTEGRATION:

* Direct Dashboard Initiation: Initiate signature requests, Remote Online Notarization (RON), In Person Electronic Notary (IPEN), Video Signing, and identity verification directly within Actionstep.

* Automatic Matter-Centric Save-Back: Executed documents are automatically filed against the matching matter number, ensuring a tamper-evident audit trail is always where it belongs.

* Real-Time Status Tracking: Monitor document signing progress at a glance to keep deadlines on track and instantly spot matters that need follow-up.

* Enhanced Security & Identity Verification: Features include proactive deepfake detection and biometric matching to safeguard firms against signer identity fraud.

This integration is purpose-built for law firms of any size that require enterprise-grade security, including PKI-based Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES), individual digital certificates for every signer, Online Notary, and Remote Witnessing, all while delivering a completely frictionless user experience.

The Secured Signing for Actionstep integration is available now. For more information or to request a demo, visit Secured Signing.

Learn more at: https://www.securedsigning.com/integrations-api/actionstep/

ABOUT SECURED SIGNING

Secured Signing is a global provider of digital document signing offering Advanced e-Signatures and Remote Online Notarization solutions, trusted by legal professionals, financial institutions, healthcare providers, government agencies, and businesses worldwide. Its platform combines compliance-grade security with an intuitive user experience, enabling organizations to execute documents with confidence - wherever their signers are located.

For more information, visit: https://www.securedsigning.com/

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NEW YORK, N.Y., Jun 03, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Video production using AI has completely evolved since the early days when users created random video clips based only on a text prompt. Nowadays, users are calling for consistent quality, improved control, and fast turnaround times, making these types of previously available tools irrelevant. The HitPaw Edimakor new version 5.0.0 addresses this demand by providing comprehensive solutions (new features) that make video content creation easy for creators by integrating Reference to Video, Ability to Create AI ads, ability to do video clones (i.e., create a copy of anyone). This update moves video production from a traditional model to a more intelligent Procedure.

REFERENCE TO VIDEO POWERED BY WAN 2.7

Edimakor V5.0.0 completely redefines the AI Video landscape, where many AI Video tools start anew every time an AI is executed. Incorporate your own images, video, or audio as reference material with a text prompt, and Edimakor will produce an engaging video that has the same visual output from beginning to end. The integration of the newly incorporated Wan 2.7 model powers this process, delivering the level of quality and consistency that generic generation cannot provide. Your style is still your style.

AI IMAGE EDITING CLEAN, FAST, PROFESSIONAL

Two major enhancements In Edimakor AI Image Editing:

* Remove or replace the background of an image to produce an entire series of professional photos with different backgrounds for various marketing scenes.

* Take out unwanted objects, remove blemishes, change the colour of items, and add or replace items in large areas of photos easily using simple selections.

AI ADS ONE CLICK TO A PROFESSIONAL AD CAMPAIGN

Edimakor V5.0.0 offers you an entire ad generation suite that will allow you to generate high-quality video or image-based ads for e-commerce or brand marketing, in one click!

Main features:

* Unified product and brand management with AI customized characters that represent your brand.

* Creative advertisements, use of consumer-generated content, product showcase advertisements, and promotional advertisements.

* AI background swap, virtual try-on, and model hand-holding product shot feature.

VIDEO CLONING CAPTURE WHAT WORKS

Using Video Cloning function, you can upload your reference clip or photograph(s), and Edimakor will produce for you a fully-functioning video marketing piece using the same style, camera angles, lighting, and action as your reference material. This one tool alone can save hundreds of hours of video production work each week.

CONCLUSION

With Edimakor V5.0.0, you will have a full creative video production studio all contained in one tool, which includes reference-based generation of viral content, cloning of other successful advertisements, professional-grade advertisement production, and the ability to produce emotional-sounding voiceovers.

FOLLOW EDIMAKOR FOR THE LATEST UPDATES:

Official Website: https://edimakor.hitpaw.com/

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GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Jun 02, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Informative Research (IR), a leading technology provider of data-driven credit and verification solutions for the lending industry, today announced that Craig Leabig, Senior Vice President of Marketing, has been named a 2026 Marketing Leader by HousingWire. The award recognizes influential marketing executives who have transformed brands and driven measurable business results across the housing economy.

Over the past year, Leabig led Informative Research's marketing transformation, building a scalable, data-driven ecosystem that strengthens the company's brand positioning and deepens its connection with lenders. Under his leadership, his team completed a full redesign of the company's website, driving a notable increase in traffic. He also spearheaded significant social media growth, increasing both audience and impressions.

"This recognition reflects the work of an incredible team that has rallied around a shared vision for what marketing can do for our organization and our clients," said Leabig. "We've focused on building systems and strategies that create lasting value, and I'm proud of what we've accomplished together."

Beyond digital performance, Leabig developed a structured marketing nurture ecosystem designed to educate lenders throughout the buyer journey, ensuring that messaging is clear, relevant and actionable. He introduced standardized content frameworks for client communications, including product updates, launch announcements and educational materials. This has improved consistency across all customer touchpoints.

Leabig's impact extends into operational and cross-functional improvements as well. He partnered with Compliance and Customer Success to streamline client onboarding and helped implement a HubSpot-based support ticketing system that gives the organization clear visibility into support requests, client trends and team performance.

"HousingWire's Marketing Leaders represent the professionals shaping how housing companies connect, compete and grow in a constantly evolving market," said HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins. "As market conditions, client expectations and business priorities continue to shift, this year's honorees are helping their organizations adapt, innovate and grow. We're proud to recognize the marketers driving meaningful impact across housing."

Explore the full list of 2026 HousingWire Marketing Leaders: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/introducing-the-2026-marketing-leaders/.

About Informative Research

Informative Research, a Stewart company, is a premier technology provider delivering data-driven credit and verification solutions to the lending community. The solutions provider currently serves mortgage companies, banks and lenders throughout the United States. The company is recognized for streamlining the loan process with its straightforward service model, progressive solutions and cutting-edge technology. To learn more, visit https://www.informativeresearch.com/.

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VANCOUVER, Wash., Jun 02, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Velinwood Publishing announced today that "Bunny, The Hidden Record: The First Empty Throne" (ISBN: 979-8950622007), the second novel by Her Majesty of Ink and Exit Wounds (Rebecca Maehlum), has received three five-star reviews from Readers' Favorite - with each reviewer independently reaching the same conclusion: there is no comparable book currently in publication.

"Hand over heart, I have not come across a book like this ever," wrote reviewer Jamie Michele. "And that's a good thing."

The convergence is unusual. Three reviewers, reading the novel separately, used three different vocabularies - technical craft, emotional architecture, and structural innovation - to arrive at the same verdict.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Reviewer Jamie Michele identified the novel's technical accomplishment:

"The writing is intelligent and witty, and the mastery of a second-person POV with a first-person narrator - a framed second-person narrative - is no easy feat. But it is done in Bunny, The Hidden Record, and it is done well... Readers who adore surreal literary fiction, haunted courts, and character-centric speculative fiction will enjoy this novel. Very highly recommended."

Reviewer Makeda Cummings noted the novel's emotional engineering:

"A fascinating story that flips other fantasy kingdom-building stories on their heads... The character depth is excellent, especially the way the author uses minor, seemingly trivial items to drop big hints about a character's backstory. I loved how the narrative lets you piece together the emotional history of the family through discarded items, pulling you deeper into the world the characters occupy."

Reviewer Olga Markova emphasized the novel's atmospheric and structural achievement:

"This marvelous book is beyond praiseworthy. The irresistible cover featuring cute, defiant Bunny, intriguing chapter titles, and every scene kept me riveted until the very end. I thoroughly enjoyed the achingly bittersweet relics and memories of the Queen and hilarious humor."

ABOUT THE BOOK

In the wake of the Queen's withdrawal from the throne, Bunny - Chief Documentarian, Familiar of Vengeance, and the court's reluctant guide - leads the reader through the locked chambers of Velinwood Court. What he reveals is not a kingdom in ruins but a kingdom in preservation: a war room of strategic records and remembered betrayals, an academy where ants are trained into an intelligence network, an untouched study filled with sealed letters the Queen refused to open. Each room is evidence. Each object is testimony. And Bunny - sarcastic, formal, structurally incapable of looking away - is the one who keeps the record straight.

"Bunny, The Hidden Record" operates on two simultaneous registers: a darkly comic guided tour readable on its surface, and a layered psychological architecture rewarding readers who attend to its depth. The novel deploys a framed second-person narrative - a first-person narrator addressing the reader directly as participant - that reviewers have identified as a sophisticated structural choice rare in contemporary fantasy.

The book is the second standalone novel in the larger Velinwood Court universe: a 23-book interconnected mythology built on chaos theory, strange attractor dynamics, and recurring characters whose meanings deepen across the body of work. It can be read entirely on its own.

As reviewer Olga Markova noted, "It was my first meet-and-greet with the series, and it read perfectly as a standalone."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rebecca Maehlum writes under the name Her Majesty of Ink and Exit Wounds. She is the sole architect of the Velinwood Court mythology, an interconnected literary universe spanning 23 published books with more in development, a parallel sequence of 50+ essays on cognitive architecture and AI ethics, and an ongoing visual archive. Her essays have appeared in Creative Loop, ADI Insights and Innovation Collective, Activated Thinker, and Toward AI.

Maehlum spent over a decade in executive operations at a global brand, plus additional years in chief-of-staff and advisory work within the federal regulatory sphere. That background - observing how large institutions hold, lose, and reconstruct information - informs the Velinwood universe's recurring concern with archives, refusals, and how humans give form to things that resist language.

ABOUT VELINWOOD PUBLISHING

Velinwood Publishing is an independent press founded by Rebecca Maehlum to house the Velinwood Court mythology and related works. The press publishes literary fantasy, essay collections, and visual archive volumes, committed to work that operates at both accessible and architecturally complex registers. Velinwood titles are distributed through IngramSpark, Amazon KDP, Lulu, and direct retail at https://velinwoodcourt.com/.

BOOK DETAILS

Title: "Bunny, The Hidden Record: The First Empty Throne"

Author: Her Majesty of Ink and Exit Wounds (Rebecca Maehlum)

Publisher: Velinwood Publishing

ASIN: B0H1K3SHR2

ISBN: 9798950622007

Format: Paperback, Ebook

Pages: 200

Price: $16.99

Publication Date: May 13, 2026

Available at: Amazon, IngramSpark catalog, and velinwoodcourt.com

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BOULDER, Colo., Jun 02, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Floify, the mortgage industry's leading point-of-sale (POS) solution, today announced that Courtney Dodd, head of marketing, has been named a 2026 HW Marketing Leader by HousingWire. The HW Marketing Leaders award recognizes the people behind the strategies, campaigns and brand decisions shaping housing finance. Dodd is one of 70 honorees named to the 2026 class.

Dodd has fundamentally reshaped marketing's role at Floify over the past 12 months, evolving it from a support function into a primary driver of revenue. By aligning marketing and business development representative teams under a unified strategy, she built a scalable pipeline engine that generated 68% of the company's total pipeline in 2025, a milestone that reflects both strategic vision and disciplined execution.

She led go-to-market strategy for two major product launches: Dynamic AI, which transforms how lenders capture borrower data through intelligent automation, and Dynamic Apps 2.0, which expands workflow customization for mortgage professionals. Each launch was tightly connected to pipeline generation and revenue outcomes, with messaging, demand generation, outbound strategy and sales enablement fully aligned from the start.

Dodd's ability to integrate cross-functional teams around measurable revenue impact has strengthened collaboration across sales, product and marketing and improved overall go-to-market efficiency. Her approach is grounded in data-driven decision-making, clear accountability and a consistent focus on execution that moves the business forward.

"Courtney has redefined what marketing means at Floify," said Joshua Steffan, SVP and group general manager at Porch Group and interim president and general manager of Floify. "She built a function that doesn't just support revenue, it drives it. The results speak for themselves, and the discipline and clarity she has brought to our go-to-market approach has made us a stronger, more competitive company. This recognition reflects the real and measurable impact she has had on our business."

"The 2026 Marketing Leaders are raising the bar for what effective marketing looks like in housing," said Sarah Wheeler, HousingWire's editor-in-chief.

For a complete list of winners, visit the HousingWire website.

ABOUT FLOIFY:

Floify is a fully configurable point of sale (POS) platform that streamlines the loan process with a secure application, communication and document portal between lenders, borrowers, referral partners and other mortgage stakeholders. Its Dynamic AI feature reimagines the mortgage application process by moving document collection and AI-driven data extraction to the very beginning of the process, allowing borrowers to upload key documents and have applications prepopulated with verified information, accelerating pre-approvals and simplifying the borrower experience. Floify is a subsidiary of Porch Group, Inc. ("Porch Group") (NASDAQ: PRCH). For more, visit https://floify.com/ or find us on social media at Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter / X.

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NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., Jun 02, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Argyle, the leading consent-based verification (CBV) platform, today announced significant enhancements to its government verification solution that bring new capabilities to state agencies responsible for determining applicant eligibility for Medicaid, SNAP, TANF and related benefits programs.

The update arrives as states face mounting pressure from H.R. 1 - the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025 - which requires states to implement Medicaid work requirements, also referred to as community engagement requirements, by January 1, 2027. The bill also mandates more frequent, payroll-data-driven verification across Medicaid and SNAP. With roughly seven of 18 months remaining to build compliant infrastructure, agencies need a partner with proven coverage, reliable data and the operational depth to deploy at scale.

"States are past the point of asking whether to modernize verification. They're asking who to trust to do it," said Brian Geary, president at Argyle. "These enhancements reflect what we've learned working alongside state programs, and they're designed to close the gaps that matter most: meeting mandated eligibility requirements, creating a frictionless verification experience for applicants and giving caseworkers the clean, current data they need to make fast, accurate determinations."

Proven Infrastructure

Argyle's government solution is adapted from the same verification platform it built for the U.S. mortgage industry, where it has emerged as the leading CBV provider. A recent Stifel Research survey found that 43% of mortgage companies are shifting volume away from Equifax/The Work Number, with Argyle as a top alternative winning on coverage, cost savings and support quality. That same infrastructure - including direct connectivity, consent management, data quality controls and audit-ready records - now powers Argyle's government verification solutions. Agencies working with Argyle are building on technology that has already processed millions of verifications under demanding compliance conditions.

Argyle is currently active in more than 10 states, supporting benefits programs across Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, SSA, and across leading providers including Nava, Steady, Gainwell and Digital Public Works.

Purpose-Built for Benefit Eligibility

Argyle's verification platform enables applicants to securely connect their payroll, employer, and bank in a single, intuitive experience. Upon connection and certification, the platform handles the complexity of how people actually earn, from gig income and multiple employers to part-time work and variable pay schedules.

Key features of Argyle's government verification solution include:

* Flexible Data Sources: Agencies can verify applicant income and assets across payroll, banking and document sources within a single, unified experience. When one data source is unavailable or insufficient, applicants can seamlessly fall back to another - reducing drop-offs, expanding coverage and ensuring more applicants reach a verified outcome without caseworker intervention or manual follow-up.

* Verified Upon Receipt: Argyle pulls income and employment data directly from the payroll provider, employer or other primary source, which the applicant then reviews and certifies. This means Argyle's reports are verified before they are delivered to the agency and require no additional paperwork, no follow-up requests and no delays between application and determination.

* Agency-Ready Reporting: Argyle's verification reports for state agencies are purpose-built for Medicaid, SNAP and related program workflows, eliminating the need for caseworkers to interpret raw payroll records or perform manual calculations. Reports feature configurable lookback periods matched to each program's eligibility window, monthly income summaries alongside paystub-level detail and comprehensive handling of variable earnings, irregular schedules and multiple employers consolidated into combined totals.

* One-Click Reauthentication: For programs that enable optional data refresh, returning applicants can reauthenticate with a single click without re-entering credentials or starting over. Income data stays current, caseworkers stay unblocked and the administrative overhead of keeping eligibility data fresh doesn't fall on the applicants who can least afford it.

* Enhanced Employer Search: Upgraded matching algorithms and smart filtering make it significantly easier for applicants to locate the correct employer. Franchise locations, similarly named businesses and companies with multiple operating entities - historically a common source of friction - are now handled with meaningfully higher accuracy, resulting in broader payroll coverage, fewer drop-offs, fewer cases falling back to manual review and more applicants successfully verified.

With procurement and implementation timelines compressing ahead of the January 2027 deadline, agencies are encouraged to engage early. State agencies, systems integrators and policy organizations working on benefits eligibility modernization can learn more at argyle.com/government.

About Argyle

Argyle is a consent-based verification (CBV) platform that helps government agencies verify income, employment and assets more accurately, efficiently and at scale. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience serving mortgage, tenant screening and other high-volume regulated industries, Argyle brings proven consent management, data quality controls and audit-ready verification workflows to public-sector programs. With an applicant's permission, Argyle retrieves verified payroll and financial data directly from source payroll providers and financial institutions, enabling agencies to reduce improper payments, streamline renewals and redeterminations and lower verification costs by up to 90% compared to The Work Number. Available as a standalone solution within state eligibility and renewal workflows, or leveraged as a part of CMS' Emmy product and through government service providers like DiCIT and SteadyIQ.

For more information, visit https://www.argyle.com/government

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ATLANTA, Ga., Jun 01, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Down Payment Resource (DPR),the housing industry's leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homeownership programs, today announced that Melinda Harris, vice president of marketing and communications, has been named a 2026 HW Marketing Leader by HousingWire. Each year, HousingWire's HW Marketing Leaders program recognizes the executives shaping how housing finance companies communicate, compete and grow. Harris is among 70 honorees selected.

Harris has spent nearly two decades helping shape how lenders, multiple listing services and housing professionals understand and use down payment programs. In that time, she built DPR's marketing function from a one-person operation into a structured, scalable engine that today drives industry education, lead generation and platform adoption across a national network of lenders, MLSs and technology partners.

Over the past year, Harris led campaigns designed to correct persistent misconceptions around down payment assistance, including persona-based outreach and myth-busting initiatives that repositioned DPA as a viable strategy for a broader range of homebuyers, not just low-income or first-time buyers. Her data-driven campaigns, built around DPR's proprietary Homeownership Program Index (HPI) and Declined Loan Analysis, have become a reliable source of market intelligence for journalists, policymakers and housing professionals alike.

Harris also implemented HubSpot to better align marketing and sales functions, improving lead visibility and conversion across the organization. Her work supporting events, partnerships and integrations with major industry platforms has helped DPR expand its reach and deepen its presence across the housing finance ecosystem.

Her contributions have coincided with a period of significant company growth. Down Payment Resource earned a spot on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing privately owned companies after achieving 130% revenue growth from 2021 to 2024, and has been named to the HousingWire Tech 100 for three consecutive years.

"Melinda has been instrumental in evolving how the industry thinks about down payment programs," said Rob Chrane, chief executive officer of Down Payment Resource. "Her ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives has helped us shift the conversation from niche to mainstream, and her commitment to accuracy and education reflects everything DPR stands for. This recognition is well deserved."

"[The 2026 Marketing Leaders] are raising the bar for what effective marketing looks like in housing," said Sarah Wheeler, editor-in-chief at HousingWire. "They are combining creativity, strategy and data-driven execution to build stronger brands and deeper customer connections."

For a complete list of the 2026 winners, visit the HousingWire website.

ABOUT DOWN PAYMENT RESOURCE:

Down Payment Resource (DPR) is the housing industry authority on homebuyer assistance program data and solutions. With a database that tracks more than 2,600 programs and toolsets for mortgage lenders, multiple listing services (MLSs) and API users, DPR helps housing professionals connect homebuyers with the assistance they need. DPR frequently lends its expertise to nonprofits, housing finance agencies, policymakers, government-sponsored enterprises and trade organizations seeking to improve housing affordability. Its technology is used by seven of the top 25 mortgage lenders, two of the largest real estate listing websites and 600,000 real estate agents. For more information, visit https://www.downpaymentresource.com/.

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TROY, Mich., Jun 01, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Class Valuation, a leading real estate appraisal management company (AMC), announced today that Holly Shipley, head of marketing, has been named a 2026 HW Marketing Leader by HousingWire. The HW Marketing Leaders award recognizes the people behind the strategies, campaigns and brand decisions shaping housing finance. Shipley is one of 70 honorees named to the 2026 class.

Shipley stepped into her role in early 2025 during a period of significant organizational change, including multiple acquisitions and internal team transitions, and quickly established structure, direction and strategic momentum for the marketing function. Over the past 12 months, she has rebuilt Class Valuation's marketing capabilities with a focus on content, thought leadership and market engagement and unified messaging across acquired companies while honoring the regional expertise and specialty strengths each division brings.

One of her most consequential initiatives was leading Class Valuation's UAD 3.6 readiness campaign, a multi-channel effort that included webinars, blog content, contributed articles and a centralized resource hub. The campaign positioned Class Valuation as a trusted guide for lenders navigating one of the most significant appraisal data transitions in years and delivered measurable results: more than 3,500 page views, hundreds of webinar views and a significant volume of client and prospect consultation requests. Shipley also spearheaded internal adoption campaigns for next-gen appraisal platform Class Marketplace, helping migrate 90% of clients to the platform, and pioneered a companywide AI initiative that aligned 13 cross-functional departments around a shared platform and dataset.

Externally, Shipley has elevated Class Valuation's industry voice through integrated campaigns, strategic partnerships and contributed thought leadership that has expanded the company's presence among lenders, appraisers and housing finance professionals.

"Holly came into a demanding situation and immediately demonstrated the kind of leadership that makes organizations stronger," said Jonathan Willen, chief revenue officer of Class Valuation. "She brought clarity to our messaging, cohesion to our teams and real strategic impact to our marketing function at exactly the moment we needed it. The results she has driven in a short time are a reflection of her talent and her commitment to this company."

"As market conditions, client expectations and business priorities continue to shift, this year's honorees are helping their organizations adapt, innovate and grow," said Clayton Collins, CEO of HousingWire. "We're proud to recognize the marketers driving meaningful impact across housing."

For a complete list of winners for 2026, visit the HousingWire website.

ABOUT CLASS VALUATION:

Class Valuation is a leading nationwide appraisal management company (AMC) renowned for its commitment to fast turn times, exceptional quality and unparalleled client service. The company leverages a powerful combination of skilled professionals, innovative products, optimized processes and advanced technology to empower lenders in fulfilling homeownership dreams. Consistently recognized by top mortgage lenders for its outstanding performance, Class Valuation has also earned accolades as a top workplace and received numerous industry awards. Founded in 2009, Class Valuation is headquartered in Troy, Michigan. For more information, please visit https://www.classvaluation.com.

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AUSTIN, Texas, Jun 01, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for mortgage and home equity lenders nationwide, announced today that David Bolin, vice president of marketing, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Marketing Leader, recognizing his strategic vision, measurable business impact and ability to translate complex lending technology into compelling market narratives.

Bolin was selected for his role in transforming FirstClose's marketing function into a measurable growth engine, scaling the team from one to eight members and building the infrastructure needed to support demand generation, product marketing and brand at scale. Under his leadership, marketing now generates 65% of the company's total pipeline, demonstrating a clear and sustained impact on company growth.

"Being recognized as a HousingWire Marketing Leader is a reflection of what our entire team has built together," Bolin said. "Our focus has always been on translating the real value of FirstClose's platform into stories and strategies that resonate with lenders. When marketing drives meaningful pipeline and helps grow the business, that's when you know you've built something that works."

Bolin joined FirstClose with 20 years of experience in fintech and mortgage technology, bringing a distinct ability to align brand, product positioning, public relations and communications under a single strategic vision. His tenure coincided with a period of heightened demand for home equity solutions, and he ensured the company was positioned to seize the opportunity, aligning marketing, product and sales to promote FirstClose's advantages in speed, automation and borrower experience.

A key element of his leadership has been a focus on customer storytelling. Bolin led the development of a robust case study program that highlights measurable outcomes for lenders, including reductions in loan turnaround time of up to 65% and instances in which clients moved home equity from a secondary offering to their primary product. These narratives have helped differentiate FirstClose's platform, which is used by more than 225 financial institutions and supports $129 billion in funded loans.

Bolin has also strengthened FirstClose's positioning within the broader lending ecosystem, elevating messaging around strategic integrations and partnerships and reinforcing the company's role in modern lending infrastructure.

"David has done an exceptional job building a marketing function that is deeply connected to our business strategy and the real-world challenges our customers face," said Tedd Smith, chief executive officer of FirstClose. "This recognition is well deserved and reflects his ability to connect product innovation, market demand and customer success into a story that sets FirstClose apart."

The HousingWire Marketing Leaders award recognizes marketing executives across the mortgage and real estate finance industries who have demonstrated excellence in strategy, campaign execution, brand building and measurable business impact. More information about the award and this year's honorees is available at housingwire.com.

About FirstClose

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, FirstClose, Inc. provides fintech solutions to HELOC and mortgage lenders nationwide. The company's mission is to increase profitability and reduce costs for mortgage lenders. FirstClose makes this possible through offering systems and relationships that enable lenders to assist their borrowers more effectively, reduce closing costs, and ultimately shorten closing times. For more information, visit firstclose.com.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jun 01, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter®), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced that Wes Horbatuck, senior vice president of marketing, has been named a 2026 HW Marketing Leader by HousingWire. The award recognizes marketing executives across the housing finance industry who have demonstrated measurable impact, strategic leadership and excellence in execution over the past 12 months.

Horbatuck, who was also recognized as a HousingWire Marketing Leader in 2024, has served as the architect of Dark Matter's external positioning at a pivotal moment in the company's evolution. Over the past year, he led go-to-market strategy for three major AI-driven product launches, directed the company's third annual Horizon user conference and led go-to-market execution for 15 new partner integrations through the Exchange℠ Service Network, including messaging alignment, asset development and partner coordination.

Horizon 2026, held in April in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, served as the launchpad for Ask Aiva®, a conversational AI embedded in the loan origination workflow; a Developer Platform expansion introducing model context protocol (MCP) connectivity, which enables lenders and partners to build integrations on top of the Empower® loan origination system through a published API layer; and the expansion of ElevateSM, the company's loan servicing and recapture solution. Horbatuck built the event narrative, led keynote and closing content, directed the stage experience and coordinated across product, engineering and executive leadership to position Dark Matter as an AI-first mortgage technology company with tangible solutions for the market.

Beyond the conference, Horbatuck built Dark Matter's LinkedIn presence from the ground up, generating more than 67,000 impressions and over 3,700 new organic followers in under 90 days with no paid media spend. He also created and hosts the Spotlight podcast, extending Dark Matter's voice directly to industry practitioners.

"People are kind enough to give me credit for being an ideas guy, but the truth is that ideas are the easy part. The hard part is turning them into reality," said Horbatuck. "I have the privilege of working with people who execute at an incredibly high level and aren't afraid to tell me when an idea needs work. Lyndsey Hearn, our director of growth marketing, Brenna Paquette, our creative director, and Tina Kisner, our events manager, are three of those people. I couldn't do this without them."

"HousingWire's Marketing Leaders represent the professionals shaping how housing companies connect, compete and grow in a constantly evolving market," said HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins. "We're proud to recognize the marketers driving meaningful impact across housing."

For a complete list of the 70 winners for this year, visit the HousingWire website.

ABOUT DARK MATTER TECHNOLOGIES:

Operating with the nimble nature of a startup and the disciplined maturity of one of the industry's leading providers, Dark Matter Technologies delivers powerful technology with unparalleled automation and relentless innovation to leading mortgage lenders, servicers and companies nationwide. For more information, visit https://www.dmatter.com.

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MIAMI, Fla., Jun 01, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Black Friday, one of the most recognized names in global commerce, is continuing its evolution beyond traditional retail into a broader media, AI commerce, entertainment, advertising, and licensing opportunity, Empire License, Inc. announced today.

As media companies, streaming platforms, advertisers, and technology firms increasingly seek stronger consumer engagement ecosystems, Black Friday is uniquely positioned at the intersection of:

* Commerce

* Entertainment

* AI-powered shopping

* Advertising

* Holiday programming

* Consumer engagement

* Licensing

What was once viewed primarily as a shopping event has evolved into a global annual consumer attention platform generating billions in retail activity and worldwide cultural recognition.

The continued expansion of AI commerce and interactive shopping technologies is creating new opportunities for brands capable of connecting consumers directly to purchasing behavior. Black Friday Select, an AI-powered shopping assistant concept, was developed to help bridge that connection by enhancing product discovery, shopping recommendations, and customer engagement within existing retail ecosystems.

In addition, the Black Friday Loyalty Rewards Card concept is designed to help companies maintain year-round consumer interaction leading into the holiday shopping season, while creating additional engagement opportunities for retailers, financial institutions, and advertising partners.

The Black Friday ecosystem also includes opportunities involving:

* Animated holiday programming

* Streaming content

* Sponsorships

* Branded entertainment

* Plush toys and collectibles

* Licensing partnerships

* Interactive holiday campaigns

* Media integrations

Industry observers continue to note the growing convergence between media, AI, advertising, and commerce, as companies seek scalable consumer platforms capable of generating recurring annual engagement and monetization opportunities.

"Black Friday has become much larger than a single shopping day," said Emory Williams President and CEO of Empire License, Inc. "It now represents a globally recognized consumer engagement platform that naturally connects retail, AI commerce, entertainment, advertising, and media opportunities together."

With Black Friday continuing to expand internationally and digitally, the brand's long-term strategic potential across multiple industries is becoming increasingly apparent.

Very few consumer identities possess:

* Worldwide recognition

* Annual recurring relevance

* Built-in consumer urgency

* Commerce compatibility

* Entertainment potential

* Licensing scalability

Black Friday continues to demonstrate strength in all six areas.

As the worlds of media, commerce, artificial intelligence, and advertising continue to converge, Black Friday stands uniquely positioned as a consumer-facing platform capable of generating recurring engagement opportunities across multiple industries for years to come.

ABOUT EMPIRE LICENSE, INC.

Empire License, Inc. is the owner of the Black Friday Lifestyle portfolio, including Black Friday Select, the Black Friday Loyalty Rewards Card, Black Friday plush toys and cartoon character and related intellectual property developments focused on AI commerce, retail engagement, and consumer experiences.

Web: https://www.bfcharacter.com/

https://www.bflrewards.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@mynameisblackfriday

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AUSTIN, Texas, Jun 01, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Seven to nine in the evening of June 20th, and noon to two on the 21st, the Austin fashion scene is tearing down the runway and inviting you to feast. Austin Tea Party announces its upcoming narrative-driven, multi-sensory production, an immersive experience that sits heavily at the dark, beautiful intersection of fashion, performance art, and raw socio-cultural commentary.

Inspired by the "Allegory of the Long Spoons," the production tackles the visceral reality of human connection. The ancient parable reminds us of a simple truth: when we act solely in self-interest, we starve; when we feed each other, we thrive.

Through a queer, contemporary, and fiercely fashion-forward lens, the performance drags the audience through five distinct stages of the human condition, starting in the cold corners of isolation and scarcity, and fighting its way toward collective abundance and raw celebration.

This isn't a passive night out. Be prepared for a full-staged environment, pulling thematic threads from the worlds of Alexander McQueen and "Alice in Wonderland."

Expect the Unconventional. Live fashion performances from brilliant local designers colliding with contemporary dance, experimental music, and biting spoken-word poetry.

Be ready to feast! A multi-course, staged food experience woven directly into the storyline is provided. Guests will be literally and emotionally fed in stages, as the narrative progresses.

This amazing spectacle is made possible by a massive, diverse network of over 70 local creatives, including designers, models, dancers, chefs, and non-profit partners.

"This is for people who want to feel something, not just watch something."

This show is designed for the tastemakers, the creatives, the LGBTQ+ community, and anyone who values art that leaves a scar. The dress code for the evening is strictly "Hunger Games."

EVENT DETAILS
Time:
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 20, 2026
2nd showing
12 p.m. to 2 p.m. June 21, 2026

LOCATION:
East Side Performing Arts Center (ESPA)
979 Springdale Rd Ste 815
Austin, TX 78702

Get tickets at: https://AustinTeaParty.org/

Come hungry. Leave full.

Instagram: @Austinteaparty

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LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 29, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SnapFresh from Ningbo Winbay Technology Co., Ltd. unveiled its 2026 40V 17-inch Brushless Cordless Lawn Mower as part of the brand's latest outdoor power equipment lineup, offering homeowners a gas-free lawn maintenance solution with cutting performance comparable to a traditional 150cc gas mower. The mower is currently available on Amazon.

Powered by a high-efficiency brushless motor and a 17-inch cutting deck, the SnapFresh 40V mower is engineered to deliver strong cutting performance for residential lawn care. According to the company, a redesigned blade system improves cutting efficiency by up to 30% and grass collection performance by up to 50% compared to conventional designs, helping homeowners complete mowing tasks more efficiently.

The mower includes two 5.0Ah lithium-ion batteries and a fast charger, providing up to 45 minutes of runtime and coverage for up to one-third acre on a single charge, according to the company. The dual-battery system offers 25% greater battery capacity than the previous generation.

The SnapFresh 40V mower features six cutting height settings ranging from 1 inch to 3 inches, adjustable through a one-hand control system. Users may choose between bagging and mulching modes depending on lawn conditions and maintenance preferences.

Additional Product Features

* 17-inch cutting deck

* 40V power system (2 x 20V batteries)

* Two 5.0Ah lithium-ion batteries with fast charger included

* Up to 45 minutes runtime and coverage up to one-third acre

* 45-liter grass collection bag

* Six cutting height settings (1 inch to 3 inches)

* Brushless motor

* 2-in-1 bagging and mulching functionality

* Push-button start with safety lock

* Foldable handle for compact storage

The mower features a lightweight, compact design intended to improve maneuverability and simplify storage in garages, sheds and smaller residential spaces.

The SnapFresh 40V 17-inch Brushless Cordless Lawn Mower is available now on Amazon.

ABOUT SNAPFRESH

SnapFresh develops cordless outdoor power equipment designed to simplify residential yard maintenance. The company offers a range of products including lawn mowers, leaf blowers, pruning tools and related outdoor equipment focused on lightweight design, ease of use and practical performance for homeowners. More information is available at https://snapfreshtools.com/.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 29, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Family United Home Health Care has launched a fully redesigned website to give Missouri families a clearer way to learn about Medicaid-covered health care services. Founded in 2013 by Kayundra Foster, who holds a master's degree in Gerontology from Lindenwood University, the agency serves families across St. Louis, St. Peters, and Kansas City.

The new website was built to help families and caregivers find the information they need without confusion. It uses plain language, direct navigation, and a clear structure to organize service details. Unlike standard healthcare portals, this site was designed to be a functional tool for those who may be feeling overwhelmed by the complexities of the healthcare system.

Throughout the platform, visitors can explore the full range of services Family United Home Health Care offers through Medicaid, including:

* In-Home Services: This section details personal care assistance, nurse visits, and help with daily activities for seniors and adults with disabilities, emphasizing the ability to remain independent in a home setting.

* Consumer Directed Services (CDS): The section provides a step-by-step roadmap for this specific program, which allows participants to hire and manage their own caregivers, with the agency serving as the fiscal intermediary.

* Adult Day Care: Visitors can find information regarding the agency's community-based social and health programs, which provide structured activities and professional supervision for individuals during daytime hours.

* Healthy Children and Youth (HCY) program: This specialized section focuses on medically necessary services for children and adolescents under age 21, detailing how families can access care for youth with disabilities or chronic health conditions.

To ensure families feel confident in their healthcare journey, each service page now features comprehensive insights into specific care plans. These sections explain entirely what is included in each service, who applies, and accepted payment methods. Each page is highly intuitive, clarifying every point of interest while specifying the exact process to follow and the steps the Family United Home Health Care team takes to initiate care.

Furthermore, the site clearly outlines which office locations facilitate each specific service, helping families determine exactly how these programs work and if they qualify for coverage before they begin the enrollment process.

Beyond care details, the site features a dedicated Events page, inviting the public to join in on agency activities and stay connected with the community. A specialized blog offers practical information and articles for everyone to learn more about care programs, tips, and more.

The platform differentiates itself by consolidating regulatory requirements, eligibility criteria, and procedural steps into a single user-centric interface. By integrating service-specific FAQs with a step-by-step roadmap for enrollment, the site functions as a comprehensive guide rather than a standard directory.

"Families dealing with a health crisis are already under enough pressure. They should not have to dig through a confusing website to find out whether their mother qualifies for care," said Kayundra Foster, founder of Family United Home Health Care. "This site is built the way our agency works... around the family, not around us."

To learn more about Family United Home Health Care services, visit: https://www.familyunitedhhc.com/.

ABOUT FAMILY UNITED HOME HEALTH CARE

Founded in 2013, Family United Home Health Care is a Missouri health care agency with offices in St. Louis, St. Peters, and Kansas City. The agency provides Medicaid-covered services -- including in-home personal care, Consumer Directed Services, adult day programs, and the Healthy Children and Youth program -- to seniors, adults with disabilities, and children across Missouri. Staff includes RNs, LPNs, CNAs, and trained personal care workers, each of whom undergoes background screening and ongoing training before working with clients.

Family United Home Health Care, 7390 Saint Charles Rock Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63133

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and KARNATAKA, India, May 29, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- GeekyAnts, an AI-Powered Digital Product Engineering and Consulting Company, earned a nomination at the ET Now Business Conclave & Awards 2026 under the "Excellence in AI & Digital Transformation" category. The nomination recognizes the company's work in AI-led product engineering, enterprise modernization, cloud-native systems, and digital customer experience.

The ET Now Business Conclave & Awards 2026 will bring together business leaders, policymakers, investors, and technology executives to discuss India's growth priorities and the role of innovation in enterprise competitiveness. For technology leaders in North America, the nomination reflects a broader shift in the market: AI no longer sits at the edge of transformation. It now shapes platform strategy, engineering productivity, customer experience, and operating models.

GeekyAnts Founder and CEO Kumar Pratik, Co-Founder Sanket Sahu, and Chief Revenue Officer Kunal Kumar will attend the event on 16th June 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Kumar Pratik will also participate in a panel discussion, where he will share perspectives on AI transformation, digital product engineering, and the need for scalable technology systems that deliver measurable business outcomes.

The recognition comes at a time when enterprise leaders face pressure to convert AI pilots into production systems. McKinsey's 2025 global AI research found that 88% of organizations use AI in at least one business function, while many still struggle to scale AI across the enterprise. Gartner has reported that less than half of digital initiatives meet or exceed business outcome targets. IBM's CEO research shows that many leaders now explore AI agents, yet only a smaller group has moved AI programs into scaled execution.

These signals matter for VPs of Engineering, digital platform heads, cloud infrastructure leaders, and customer experience executives. AI transformation requires more than model integration. It demands secure data architecture, cloud discipline, product design, governance, performance engineering, and delivery teams that understand enterprise systems.

"Enterprise AI has moved from experimentation to execution," said Kumar Pratik, Founder and CEO of GeekyAnts. "The next phase will depend on engineering discipline, responsible architecture, and the ability to connect AI systems with real business workflows. This nomination reflects the kind of work we believe will define digital transformation in the years ahead."

GeekyAnts' case studies show how the company has applied that approach across AI and digital engineering programs. In an AI document intelligence engagement for Pillar Engine, GeekyAnts built an automated insight generation platform that reduced manual effort by 99%, processed 10,000 pages in two minutes, and achieved more than 85% response accuracy. The system used AWS Bedrock, Claude, Snowflake, DynamoDB, ECS Fargate, and a custom agent architecture to turn complex documents into role-based insights.

For Nexus, GeekyAnts worked on AI-driven process automation across business process management workflows. The team designed SQL agents, evaluated RAG models, and built benchmarking systems that improved testing quality and reduced manual validation cycles by 50%. The engagement also improved internal workflow efficiency by 30%, showing how AI can support operational teams when engineering teams design it around process outcomes.

The company also delivered cloud modernization work for an AI-powered hiring platform, moving infrastructure from AWS EKS to Azure in one week. The project reduced monthly infrastructure costs by 50% and cut mean time to resolution by 80% through improved monitoring and CI/CD practices. For enterprise engineering leaders, that case points to a core AI-era requirement: intelligent products need resilient, cost-efficient infrastructure.

GeekyAnts also built Smart Pantry, an AI meal recommendation platform that combined personalization, product design, and recommendation logic. The platform reduced meal decision time by 40%, doubled daily active use during its pilot phase, and helped the product team move faster on AI-led feature development.

The nomination adds visibility to GeekyAnts' broader positioning in AI consulting, AI-powered product engineering, enterprise system modernization, digital customer experience, cloud infrastructure, full-stack development, and UI/UX design. The company operates across San Francisco, Bengaluru, and London, giving it access to enterprise clients that need both strategic technology guidance and distributed engineering execution.

For large organizations in the U.S. and Canada, the market message remains clear. AI transformation now depends on partners that can connect strategy, architecture, product delivery, and business impact. GeekyAnts' ET Now nomination places the company within that conversation as enterprises look for engineering teams that can move AI and digital platforms from concept to production.

Learn more: https://geekyants.com/en-us

US Office
GeekyAnts Inc.
315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors
San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

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SHENZHEN, China, May 29, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LumeFlow AI, a pioneer in next-generation generative AI platforms, today announced a massive architecture upgrade aimed at solving the industry's biggest bottleneck: consistency and automation in the AI video production pipeline. By integrating GPT Image 2 into its AI storyboard tool and launching autonomous AI Agent workflows, LumeFlow AI is transitioning from a standalone creative tool into an enterprise-grade AI production studio.

This major milestone aligns with a massive surge in platform adoption, capped by the highly successful conclusion of the Seedance 2.0 Creators Challenge on May 27, and the upcoming launch of the heavily anticipated LumeFlow AI Film Challenge this June.

GPT IMAGE 2 INTEGRATION FOR AI STORYBOARD WORKFLOWS

For AI filmmakers and digital studios, maintaining consistent AI characters across multiple cinematic frames has long been a technical hurdle. Traditional generative workflows often suffer from "style drift" and facial inconsistency between shots.

LumeFlow AI solves this systemic pain point by integrating GPT Image 2. Its enhanced storyboard generation ability, combined with Seedance 2.0 Omni Reference, delivers:

* Frame-to-Frame Temporal Consistency: Advanced context-retention algorithms ensure that character features, clothing, and environmental assets remain pixel-perfect across the entire generation lifecycle.

* Granular Cinematic Control: Directors can now parameterize camera angles, lighting conditions, and aspect ratios without altering the underlying character model, shrinking pre-production timelines by up to 70%.

LUMEFLOW'S API LEVERAGES AI AGENTS FOR BATCH CONTENT AUTOMATION

As the industry pivots toward autonomous systems, LumeFlow AI is introducing its Skill (API), a new feature designed to enable AI agents such as Claude Code to automate large-scale image and video production workflows.

Rather than requiring creators to manually prompt every single asset, LumeFlow AI Skill enables multi-agent orchestration:

1. Script-to-Asset Ingestion: The AI Agent analyzes complex text scripts and automatically breaks them down into individual prompt sequences.

2. Autonomous Batch Generation: Operating natively within the AI video production pipeline, the agent manages parallel rendering queues, troubleshoots stylistic anomalies, and automates asset exporting.

3. API-Driven Extensibility: Technical directors can deploy customized LumeFlow Skills via standard developer APIs to sync seamlessly with existing VFX and rendering pipelines.

SCALING THE CREATOR ECOSYSTEM: FROM SEEDANCE 2.0 SUCCESS TO JUNE'S AI FILM CHALLENGE

The robustness of LumeFlow AI's new infrastructure was fully validated during the Seedance 2.0 Challenge, which successfully concluded on May 27. The competition drew hundreds of global AI creators to utilize the platform's expanding ecosystem to produce cinematic-grade short films.

Building on this momentum, the company has officially announced the upcoming AI Film Challenge, scheduled to launch this June.

With growing interest in AI-generated filmmaking, the challenge aims to encourage creators worldwide to experiment with AI film production using LumeFlow AI's expanding ecosystem of image and video generation tools, and AI workflow automation capabilities.

The upcoming challenge reflects the increasing demand for creator-focused AI production platforms capable of supporting both short-form content and longer cinematic storytelling formats.

ABOUT LUMEFLOW AI

LumeFlow AI is an all-in-one AI content creation platform built for creators, storytellers, marketers, and digital studios. By combining advanced AI video generation, AI image creation, creative effects, and workflow automation into one unified ecosystem, LumeFlow AI helps users transform ideas into engaging visual content with greater speed and efficiency.

From AI short videos and cinematic storytelling to AI-powered production workflows, LumeFlow AI continues expanding its platform to meet the evolving needs of modern digital creators.

LEARN MORE AT: https://www.lumeflow.ai/ and https://www.lumeflow.ai/lumeflowai-skills/

News Source: LumeFlow AI

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SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 29, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Finding the right ELISA kit for a research project can take days, comparing suppliers, checking species compatibility, and waiting weeks for delivery. MyBioSource was founded to address these challenges. The San Diego-based company has put together a large, well-organized collection of ELISA kits that researchers can browse, compare, and order in one place. The company's focus has always been simple: give scientists what they need, when they need it, without overcharging them.

KITS FOR ALMOST EVERY SPECIES AND SAMPLE TYPE

MyBioSource carries ELISA kits for a wide range of species, including human, mouse, rat, rabbit, bovine, canine, porcine, goat, sheep, monkey, chicken, guinea pig, and several others. This matters because not every lab works with the same organism, and having to switch suppliers for a different species wastes both time and money.

Their kits also work across different sample types, including serum, plasma, tissue homogenates, and cell culture supernatants. Researchers studying hormones, cytokines, growth factors, or infectious disease markers can find relevant kits listed with full technical datasheets, so there is no need to contact support to figure out basic specs before ordering.

FRESHLY PREPARED KITS AND CUSTOM ELISA SOLUTIONS

Most suppliers keep large batches of pre-assembled kits sitting in storage. MyBioSource does things differently - each kit is put together after the order comes in.

That means the product reaches a researcher's lab fresh, with a longer shelf life, leading to more accurate and consistent results. For projects where no standard kit fits the bill, MyBioSource also builds custom ELISA Immunoassay Kits tailored to specific targets, species, or assay formats. Their custom kits are ready in two to three weeks and cost the same as a regular catalog order, which most suppliers do not offer.

A member of the MyBioSource team put it plainly: "We don't want researchers wasting weeks trying to find something that works. If it's not in the catalog, we'll build it for you at no extra charge."

STREAMLINED ORDERING AND GLOBAL AVAILABILITY

Researchers can always find up-to-date availability information in the MyBioSource catalog, which is updated daily. The company believes that cost shouldn't be the reason a study is postponed, and that keeping prices competitive is essential.

Orders are accepted worldwide, and the site allows users to narrow their search by species, target, or sample type before purchasing. All product pages contain the information the researcher needs to make a sound decision, and there are no "back and forth" emails to go. If your lab encounters something in your experiments that is not listed in the catalog, the custom kit service is at your fingertips. MyBioSource makes it easy: spend less time shopping, more time in the lab.

"We built MyBioSource so that researchers don't have to spend half their week just sourcing the right kit. Everything they need is already there - and if it's not, we make it happen fast," said a MyBioSource Spokesperson.

ABOUT MYBIOSOURCE

MyBioSource, Inc. began in 2006 when three scientists decided there had to be a better way to access high-quality lab reagents. Today, the company operates out of San Diego, California, and carries more than 2 million products - ELISA kits, antibodies, recombinant proteins, PCR kits, peptides, and more. Research teams at universities, biotech companies, and pharmaceutical firms around the world use MyBioSource because the products are reliable and the process is straightforward. Visit https://www.mybiosource.com/ to explore the full catalog.

News Source: MyBioSource Inc.

Related link: https://www.mybiosource.com/

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