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Many are questioning the value of a college education. Only half of US alumni strongly agree their education was worth the cost. The way students value and experience their education has changed. They have new expectations: - Job outcomes, not just a degree - Social and digital, not isolated and static - Experiential, not theoretical Meanwhile, supportive relationships most influenced, even doubled, graduates’ perception that their education was worth the cost. We believe relationships and community are key to student success and engaged alumni. PeopleGrove connects every student and all alumni with the network and resources they need to realize their full potential before, during, and after their time in college. Founded in 2015, PeopleGrove works with over 250 institutions worldwide, including Stanford University, the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, Wellesley College, and the University of Maryland Global Campus. Headquartered in San Francisco, PeopleGrove is backed by Reach Capital and other leading capital partners. To learn more about how PeopleGrove is working to ensure all students and professionals have access to the community and connections needed to succeed, visit peoplegrove.com.

For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBT community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach. With more than a million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., for the principle that every individual’s rights must be protected equally under the law, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, record of arrest or conviction.

At AKQA we are trusted to work on prestigious assignments for many of the world’s most respected companies, families and institutions. At the same time, we are fortunate to receive industry-leading endorsement for the quality of our work, innovation and thinking. Our consistent track record of results achieved for clients have set our firm apart. While the clients we serve and the recognition we receive is a privilege and an honour, there is a responsibility on each of us to ensure our intentions and everyday actions are representative of our Purpose and Values. Many of us joined AKQA inspired by the potential our values envision and the behaviours we uphold and respect. Our founding purpose and values guide our work and the philosophy of our firm.

Financial advisors can model almost everything a client owns except their real estate, which is often 30 to 50% of their net worth. The data is spread across tax returns, closing files, and loan statements, it changes from year to year, and some of it only the owner knows. Leveridge turns that into numbers an advisor can stand behind. AI reads the documents and pulls out the facts. A deterministic engine computes depreciation, basis, recapture, and federal and state tax, to the dollar. Every figure is marked confirmed or estimated, so the advisor knows which numbers to check. The hard problems are reconciling documents that disagree, measuring whether a model got it right, and keeping tax math exact. We launched in May 2026, 13 advisory firms pay for it, and we're raising our pre-seed. The stack is Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, React, and TypeScript on AWS. We're four people, fully remote, based in Los Angeles. Davis, our founding engineer, built financial planning simulation software before this. Ali and Rick bring years in wealth management and real estate. Engineers here own whole problems, talk every week with the advisors using their work, and ship in days.