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AST Defeasance is the first choice of commercial real estate borrowers and lenders looking for the highest quality and lowest cost defeasance consultants. There are real differences between AST Defeasance and its competitors: 1) NO UPFRONT FEES. We don't get paid until the deal closes. 2) We offer the lowest cost defeasance services in the industry since we refuse to partner with individual broker-dealers. AST collects multiple bids from the largest investment banks on Wall Street. 3) We'll close your deal in 2 weeks guaranteed. 4) We have a 100% closing track record. 5) AST Defeasance assesses each commercial real estate deal individually, utilizing state-of-the-art techniques to lower defeasance costs, including Residual Sharing, Defeasing to the Open Window and Competitive Securities Pricing and Custom-Made Securities. We know that defeasance is often the smallest part of our clients’ commercial real estate refinancings or sales. AST Defeasance manages the entire defeasance process from start to finish so you can focus on your closing.

Zingage is rebuilding the infrastructure behind home care. When the system breaks, families break with it — missed visits, compliance failures, and patients left waiting are the result of fragile, manual coordination. The company’s AI agents resolve emergencies in real time, enforce compliance, ensure patients receive the care they’re promised, and free agencies to take on more families. Zingage already powers hundreds of agencies and millions of patient encounters, embedding into the operational core of home care delivery. Zingage is well-funded by tier-1 investors and backed by operators who have scaled companies such as Uber, Datadog, Tennr, and Ramp. The team values velocity, ownership, and impact — giving every new hire the opportunity to ship into production quickly and contribute directly to solving one of the hardest coordination problems in healthcare.

Alpheva AI is the Financial Operating System for affluent households. Today's successful families work with financial advisors, CPAs, insurance professionals, attorneys, lenders, and investment managers. While each provides valuable expertise, they typically focus on only one part of a household's financial life. The result is fragmented advice, missed opportunities, and financial decisions that aren't optimized together. Alpheva changes that. Our AI-powered platform continuously analyzes taxes, investments, debt, insurance, estate planning, cash flow, real estate, and other major financial decisions as one connected system. By understanding how every financial decision influences the others, Alpheva uncovers opportunities that traditional, siloed approaches often miss. Rather than replacing trusted advisors, Alpheva works alongside them to create a unified financial view that helps households make better-informed decisions. Members can securely connect financial accounts and documents, receive personalized AI-powered insights, prioritize high-impact opportunities, and measure financial value over time. From proactive tax planning and investment optimization to debt strategies, insurance decisions, estate planning, and major life events, Alpheva transforms financial complexity into coordinated action. Our team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, financial services, engineering, and product development, with experience spanning leading technology companies, global financial institutions, and top universities. We believe the future of personal finance isn't more disconnected apps or annual reviews. It's an intelligent operating system that continuously works behind the scenes, helping households make smarter financial decisions, uncover hidden opportunities, and build lasting wealth with greater clarity and confidence. Alpheva AI is building that future.

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