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AARP The Magazine Announces Nominees for the Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP The Magazine today announced the nominees for the upcoming annual Movies for Grownups® (MFG) Awards, with Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King and Women Talking contending for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category. For more than two decades, AARP's Movies for Grownups program has championed movies for grownups, by grownups, by advocating for the 50-plus audience, fighting industry ageism, and encouraging films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers. The 21st annual MFG Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California.

Key Points: 
  • For more than two decades, AARP's Movies for Grownups program has championed movies for grownups, by grownups, by advocating for the 50-plus audience, fighting industry ageism, and encouraging films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.
  • And we're thrilled that the Movies for Grownups Awards are back as a live event, celebrating a profusion of grownup masterworks we could scarcely have imagined when we started the awards decades ago."
  • Proceeds from the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards will benefit Wish of a Lifetime From AARP to help grant life-changing wishes for older adults and shift the way society views aging.
  • AARP also produces the nation's largest circulation publications: AARP The Magazine and the AARP Bulletin.

CRAFTY APES APPOINTS SEAN LOOPER AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse, has expanded its executive team by appointing Sean Looper as their new Chief Technology Officer. 

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse, has expanded its executive team by appointing Sean Looper as their new Chief Technology Officer.
  • "I'm excited to join Crafty Apes at this unprecedented time inour industry," Looper remarked.
  • With Crafty Apes ingenuity and extraordinary reputation for delivering results, the potential for innovation is limitless."
  • Crafty Apes' Chief Executive Officer, Craig German, commented, "I first worked with Sean almost 15 years ago when he was already a superstar in VFX solution development.

Crafty Apes Taps Craig German to be CEO

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Monday, November 7, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse, is excited to announce Craig German has been appointed Chief Executive Officer.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse, is excited to announce Craig German has been appointed Chief Executive Officer.
  • German will be based at Crafty Apes' Los Angeles headquarters with a mandate that includes the expansion of global activities, technological innovation, and operational excellence across seven production facilities in North America.
  • German joins Crafty Apes with nearly 30 years of media and post-production experience, including his recent position as Head of Worldwide Post Production Operations for Amazon Studios.
  • German comments that, "In this unprecedented era of content proliferation, Crafty Apes offers some of the best storytellers in the visual effects industry.

Stairwell Announces $45M Series B Funding Round

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stairwell, a company that empowers security teams to outsmart any attacker, today announced a $45M Series B capitalization. The funding round was led by Section 32, with additional investments from Sequoia Capital, Accel, Lux Capital, Gradient Ventures, and angel investors Eric Schmidt and Michael Ovitz. This brings Stairwell's total funding to date to $69.5 million as it looks to scale its flagship product, Inception, to become the most powerful continuous intelligence, detection, and response solution available.

Key Points: 
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stairwell, a company that empowers security teams to outsmart any attacker, today announced a $45M Series B capitalization.
  • The funding round was led by Section 32, with additional investments from Sequoia Capital, Accel, Lux Capital, Gradient Ventures, and angel investors Eric Schmidt and Michael Ovitz.
  • Following deals with key customers and MSSP partner Cyderes earlier this year, this Series B will enable Stairwell to meet increased demand for new Inception features as malware attacks continue to rise .
  • Since the Series B round closed, Stairwell has increased headcount by 100%, with plans to add significantly more employees this year.

STAIRCASE AUTOMATES THE TRANSFER OF MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staircase, the company building an integrated, digital infrastructure to accelerate tech-enabled mortgages, has launched MSR Transfer, a new technology that automates and streamlines mortgage servicing rights (MSR) transfers and orchestrates transactions between the buyer and seller of MSRs.

Key Points: 
  • New technology enables touchless MSR transfers, delivering faster, less costly transactions with improved accuracy
    NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staircase , the company building an integrated, digital infrastructure to accelerate tech-enabled mortgages, has launched MSR Transfer, a new technology that automates and streamlines mortgage servicing rights (MSR) transfers and orchestrates transactions between the buyer and seller of MSRs.
  • MSR Transfer eliminates the manual loan file review process while vastly improving loan file accuracy and freeing up staff to focus on other tasks.
  • Staircase is an API and low-code marketplace which automates complex technologies and makes them self-serve for the U.S. residential mortgage industry.
  • Focused on providing automation for complicated mortgage functions, it allows for the integration and orchestration of all U.S. mortgage industry technology providers and enables all parties throughout mortgage origination, insurance, and servicing to easily communicate with zero friction.

SentinelOne LABScon Security Research Conference Unifies Private and Public Sector Through Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Discoveries

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
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SentinelOne (NYSE: S), an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, today launched the inaugural LABScon , a conference dedicated to advancing cybersecurity research for the benefit of collective digital defense.

Key Points: 
  • SentinelOne (NYSE: S), an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, today launched the inaugural LABScon , a conference dedicated to advancing cybersecurity research for the benefit of collective digital defense.
  • The event features novel findings from sought-after voices in cybersecurity and groundbreaking research by leading research teams.
  • The goal of LABScon is to provide a venue for advanced security collaboration and community building, said Migo Kedem, VP Growth and Head of SentinelLabs, SentinelOne.
  • We are pleased to unite the cybersecurity community - researchers, vendors, and practitioners - to strengthen collective understanding of the security landscape.

STAIRCASE LAUNCHES PRODUCT TO AUTOMATE NON-DELEGATED MI UNDERWRITING

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staircase, the company building an integrated, digital infrastructure to accelerate tech-enabled mortgages, has launched MI Underwriting, a new tool that gives private mortgage insurers the ability to automate the underwriting of non-delegated mortgage insurance (MI) policies for lenders instantly and at half the typical cost.

Key Points: 
  • Staircase's MI Underwriting tool fully automates the non-delegated underwriting process by pulling documents and data directly from lenders to allow insurers to make instant policy decisions.
  • "Our MI Underwriting product empowers mortgage insurers to produce non-delegated MI policies faster, more accurately, and less expensively so they are able to achieve higher margins," said Staircase Co-founder and CEO Adam Kalamchi.
  • MI Underwriting leverages technology from Staircase Loanboarding which uses machine learning tools to transform raw loan documents into structured data.
  • Staircase MI Underwriting enables insurers to now provide this option quickly and cost-effectively," Kalamchi said.

CRAFTY APES AWARDED EPIC MEGAGRANT

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Thursday, September 8, 2022
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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse with seven production facilities across North America, is the recent recipient of the prestigious Epic MegaGrant. Awarded by Epic Games, this substantial grant will provide dedicated resources for Crafty Apes to continue recent efforts integrating UE into their filmmaking process. 

Key Points: 
  • BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse with seven production facilities across North America, is the recent recipient of the prestigious Epic MegaGrant.
  • Awarded by Epic Games, this substantial grant will provide dedicated resources for Crafty Apes to continue recent efforts integrating UE into their filmmaking process.
  • The Epic MegaGrant will allow us to prove that," says Crafty Apes co-founder, Chris LeDoux.
  • Ultimately, the Epic MegaGrant will increase Crafty Apes' ability to visioncast and execute hybrid production pipelines where both traditional visual effects and virtual production solutions are used in tandem as a creative and budgetary solution for Crafty Apes' many film, streaming and television clients globally.

STAIRCASE UNVEILS LEADS CURATION TO HELP MORTGAGE LENDERS CAPTURE MORE BUSINESS

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Thursday, September 8, 2022
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NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staircase, the company building an integrated, digital infrastructure to accelerate tech-enabled mortgages, has unveiled Leads Curation, a new feature of the company's PreApproval tool that helps mortgage originators target specific borrowers to meet their goals and capture more business.

Key Points: 
  • Leads Curation gives originators the best possible opportunity to turn a $20 lead into a closed loan.
  • "Right now, many originators are under pressure to find high quality leads," said Staircase Co-founder and CEO Adam Kalamchi.
  • "Leads Curation gives originators the best possible opportunity to turn a $20 lead into a closed loan.
  • Additionally, Leads Curation can help lenders meet federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) requirements by automatically identifying borrowers who have less than 80% of the median income in their market.

NEW STAIRCASE API PROVIDES INNOVATORS WITH SAME-DAY GSE INTEGRATIONS

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staircase, the company building an integrated, digital infrastructure to accelerate tech-enabled mortgages, has launched a new application programming interface (API) that enables lenders and servicers to embed automated underwriting technology into any application and sync to their point of sale (POS) and loan origination systems (LOS), saving time and money.

Key Points: 
  • "Our GSE API is a real game changer," said Staircase Co-founder and CEO Adam Kalamchi.
  • In addition to making GSE integrations quick and simple, Staircase also makes AUS findings and messages machine readable to create greater automation in the origination process.
  • Like other Staircase products, the GSE API supports all data languages created by the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO).
  • Staircase is an API and low-code marketplace which automates complex technologies and makes them self-serve for the U.S. residential mortgage industry.