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Associated Press
4 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Transforming Investment Insight: Marc Clapasson on Layer Finance's AI-Powered Real Estate Platform
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, June 6, 2025 / / -- How AI Is Driving the Future of Real Estate Investment In an exclusive interview with Xraised, Marc Clapasson shared how Layer Finance is accelerating the future of real estate through cutting-edge automation and analytics. At the core of this transformation is LAYRON, the proprietary AI engine that's redefining the speed and intelligence behind every investment decision. 'AI doesn't just assist—it leads,' says Clapasson. 'From document analysis to deal vetting, LAYRON reduces friction and empowers investors to move with unprecedented confidence.' Automation That Streamlines Deal Execution Layer Finance's AI technology eliminates repetitive, manual processes that typically slow down real estate deals. The platform automates critical steps—like due diligence, compliance checks, and legal review—cutting execution time by over 80%. This level of automation makes it possible for users to secure deals in highly competitive markets, before others even finish their paperwork. Clapasson emphasizes that the goal isn't just speed—it's strategic clarity. 'When you automate the basics, you free investors to think bigger,' he notes. Investment Intelligence at Scale A standout aspect of Layer Finance is how it leverages analytics to deliver high-resolution insight across portfolios. The platform continuously monitors market trends and property performance, offering real-time forecasts and risk flags. 'Analytics drive our predictive capabilities,' Clapasson adds. 'It's how our investors anticipate shifts and act proactively instead of reactively.' The AI engine not only detects investment opportunities—it also flags potential pitfalls, allowing for smarter, more agile capital deployment. Redefining Real Estate with AI Innovation With its fusion of investment insight and advanced real estate data modeling, Layer Finance is setting a new standard for how deals are sourced, analyzed, and closed. As Marc Clapasson shared with Xraised, this AI-powered approach empowers users to outpace traditional firms stuck in legacy workflows. Layer Finance is more than a fintech solution—it's a strategic advantage in today's fast-moving market. Discover the full story and explore how AI is reshaping the investment landscape: 👉 Watch the full interview at Xraised 👉 Learn more about the platform at Layer Finance Gianmarco Giordaniello Xraised email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Instagram X Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Coalition Files Landmark Petition to African Commission Demanding Climate Reparations and Justice for Future Generations
TUCSON, AZ / / May 21, 2025 / In a powerful and far-reaching interview, a group of Fair Start Movement (FSM) activists sits down with Xraised to confront how current global systems undermine true justice, ignore the most vulnerable populations-especially in Africa and other marginalized regions-and perpetuate ecological destruction. FSM activists are now filing a pivotal petition to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), urging it to take decisive rights-based action to address corporate fraud and maximize accurate climate reparations, environmental justice, and intergenerational equity specifically for African communities. It highlights the systemic harms caused by current global standards that undervalue the lives of children of color, particularly in the Global South, and seeks binding accountability from corporations perpetuating environmental and social injustices. Inequity by Design: Suffering and Injustice is Increasing Exponentially It has been normalized that companies and other entities deliberately externalize ethical and legal costs of social and ecological harm as part of a business strategy and model - called "permissible harm thresholds." Companies discount the value of others' lives, rights, or futures when they calculate that externalizing harm is more profitable than internalizing responsibility. This functions as a shadow discount rate - applied not to money, but to the moral and legal weight of harm. Litigation risk, reputational damage, or regulatory capture are factored in as acceptable trade-offs. These choices are often guided by assessments of enforceability, public pressure, and regulatory weakness, not actual ethical standards. For example, a vertically integrated dairy conglomerate may not pay for the water pollution it causes, leaving costs to fall on public health systems and local governments. It may not price in the antibiotic resistance its practices accelerate, deferring costs onto future public health infrastructure, and uses subsidies that disadvantage small producers, harming fair market competition. These factors are treated as legal risk mitigation rather than moral failure, shaping business models as much as any Discounted Cash Flow projection. A Deliberate, Systemic Moral Failure Business models that include "permissive harm," "discount rates," and similar engineered adjustments constitute equity, reparations, and impact fraud. They conceal responsibility for climate and related crises, infant mortality, and the violation of children's fundamental rights - including the systemic devaluation of children of color and the harm done to their life chances and legal protections. Impacted rights can include democratic voting rights or the right to ensure governance derives from empowerment of constituents. A New Standard of Legitimacy: Starting at Birth The activists argue that the root of systemic injustice lies in what Carter Dillard, a leading FSM voice, terms the "widely contested standard" or "equity fraud" - a framework that justifies entitlements and government authority without first securing the birthrights of children. Rather than measuring justice from high levels of permissible harm that protect elite interests, FSM proposes an equity-based metric that starts from zero, evaluating the harm inflicted on the most vulnerable - particularly infants and nonhuman animals - from the moment they enter the world. "Legitimacy and equity start with fully measuring the harm," says Dillard. "This is not charity or investment, but reparations. It's about telling the truth from the beginning - from birth." Exposing Flaws in Power Structures The interview highlights how unjust standards are embedded in laws, definitions of fraud, enforcement methods, and misleading cost-benefit analyses - all of which FSM argues are preempted by international law. As Dillard explains in his essay for CounterPunch, global systems often sidestep the real source of power - the act of constituting authority through relational equity at birth. This insight is not just philosophical; it is a practical blueprint for justice that challenges governments, academics, and philanthropists to shift from performative reforms to structural accountability. If cost/benefit assessments do not start from zero, elevating infants and animals above the threshold of intergenerational justice, they risk engaging in performative work rather than meaningful change. From Charity to Reparations: Empowering Through Birth FSM's approach conditions all forms of authority and wealth on measurable empowerment of children at birth. This involves building systems where entitlements are derived not from exploitation, but from ensuring fertility delay, parental readiness, fair resource distribution, and geographic justice. This vision moves beyond traditional social justice models and calls for a transformative restructuring of how legitimacy is defined. "We're not just talking about improving a broken system," Dillard notes. "We're talking about legitimizing the very foundations of society." The Fair Start Movement offers a proactive disclosure and compensation framework that places children's sovereignty at the center of national sovereignty. Linking Animal Rights, Racial Justice, and Ecological Survival FSM insists that true animal liberation and racial justice cannot exist independently. Most activists, they argue, unintentionally perpetuate injustice by working downstream - addressing symptoms rather than root causes. Using flawed standards undermines both animal and human rights and often benefits elites at the expense of those activists claim to protect. "Most animal rights activists didn't choose animals over racial justice," the FSM team explains. "They were misled into serving neither." This critique urges advocates to align methods with moral goals, moving beyond token campaigns to build truly equitable systems. Taking Action Against Corporate Abuse FSM's commitment to action is exemplified in its call for accountability from corporations like Coca-Cola and Fairlife. In response to revelations of cruelty and exploitation, FSM demands that these companies provide transparency about their impacts - not only on animals but on future generations and the climate. As outlined in their public statement, FSM believes that exposing and correcting these abuses is central to building a just and legitimate society. This direct advocacy challenges government, philanthropy, and corporate actors to adopt transparent, equitable, and future-focused practices. Fair Start: A Tool for Measuring Real Impact The Fair Start framework is a tool that allows governments, organizations, and individuals to recalibrate their impact based on whether they measurably empower children as they enter the world. This baseline of equity, FSM argues, is the only way to ensure we're building just systems rather than perpetuating harm under new names. "The act of telling the truth about our starting point - admitting the use of flawed standards - is what legitimates future relations," says Dillard. "Without that, we're just rearranging power for our benefit." Foundations Must Confront Their Role in Climate Injustice FSM also critiques philanthropic foundations for enabling environmental harm under the guise of charity. Many uphold systems of inherited privilege while claiming to support justice and sustainability. By failing to acknowledge their contributions to ecological degradation and intergenerational inequity, they perpetuate climate injustice. Real equity requires redistributing not just wealth but power, beginning by prioritizing future generations and the planet over profit and legacy. Foundations are called upon to reevaluate their legitimacy by asking: Are we empowering future generations or simply preserving our influence? Without a true fair start, FSM contends, no philanthropic effort can be sustainable. Empowering Children Through Birthright Equity FSM's insight into the intersection of climate justice and birthright equity emphasizes rethinking the global standard of freedom and its impact on vulnerable populations. They advocate for empowering individuals from birth, asserting that legitimacy of societal structures should stem from equitable treatment of all children, regardless of race or socio-economic status. The current economic model discounts future lives, perpetuating systemic inequities that benefit the wealthy few at the cost of marginalized groups. Addressing these foundational disparities aims to foster a world where individual and political autonomy is recognized and protected from birth. Rethinking Birthright Wealth and Systemic Exploitation FSM points out that many today's environmental and social issues, including the climate crisis, can be traced back to disregard for the rights of infants and animals. The absence of a rights-based framework centered on birthrights has allowed unchecked exploitation of natural resources and human capital, deeply tied to birthright wealth and privilege. FSM urges governments, activists, and philanthropists to adopt a more inclusive, rights-based approach to policy-making, ensuring every child is born with opportunities for self-determination and political empowerment. The Fork in the Road: Legitimacy or Collapse The conversation concludes with a call to action: one path preserves wealth created through flawed standards, further fueling climate breakdown and social instability; the other reorients that wealth to constitute just, legitimate nations. "Children should be born as democratic ends, not economic means," FSM emphasizes. Next Moves: Mobilizing Legal Action for Climate Justice Filing a Landmark Petition with the African CommissionFair Start Movement activists are taking a bold step by filing a pivotal petition with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR). This legal action demands that the Commission address corporate fraud, enforce accurate climate reparations, and uphold environmental justice and intergenerational equity throughout Africa. Connecting Corporate Accountability and Climate ReparationsThis petition complements a U.S. federal class action lawsuit against Fairlife, a Coca-Cola-owned dairy brand accused of false sustainability claims. The coalition highlights how deceptive standards allow corporations to evade liability for climate-related harms, disproportionately affecting children of color in the Global South. Challenging the "Permissible Harm" ModelThe activists argue that the current global economic model of "permissible harm" is rooted in systemic inequities-particularly white supremacy and economic exploitation-that undervalue African lives and children worldwide. These flawed standards enable corporate greenwashing and perpetuate environmental and social injustice. Calling for Binding Accountability and Child Equity RecognitionThe coalition urges the ACHPR to adopt binding accountability mechanisms and legally recognize child equity as a foundation for environmental dignity and survival. This framework prioritizes protecting African generations now and into the future. Voices from the Movement: A Call for Justice"We are the echoes of ancestors who dreamed of freedom despite enduring historic injustices," said Zahara Nabakooza, Fair Start Movement Children's Rights Lead. "Equality isn't kindness-it's a debt long overdue, paid only when every Black soul walks this earth unafraid, unburdened, and fully seen." To follow the full interview and explore more, visit the Fair Start Movement and listen to the full podcast on Spotify. Media Contact: Cecilia CastilleroSenior interviews@ SOURCE: Xraised View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire Sign in to access your portfolio
Associated Press
04-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Xraised Interview with Dan Gladding, Senior Business Development Manager at Questco
Sheds Light on Transforming HR and Workforce Management Solutions ATLANTA , GA, UNITED STATES, April 4, 2025 / / -- Xraised recently had the privilege of speaking with Dan Gladding, Senior Business Development Manager at Questco, a leading, human-centered, and with expertise-driven service professional employer organization (PEO) based in Houston, Texas. In this insightful interview, Gladding shared his experience in sales and business development, his new role at Questco, and how Questco is transforming the landscape of HR and workforce management solutions for businesses across the United States. A Career Focused on Making a Positive Impact Gladding, a results-driven sales leader with over 10 years of experience, has built a proven track record in driving revenue growth and exceeding sales targets in industries such as HR, IT, and workforce management. In the interview, Gladding explained his passion for helping businesses succeed: 'We help business owners keep the lights on and enhance revenue, while also ensuring employees and their families gain access to healthcare.' This commitment to making a tangible difference in people's lives has been a driving force behind his career success. Questco: The Strategic HR Partner Every Business Needs For those unfamiliar with Questco, Gladding provided a clear breakdown of the company's offerings. Questco serves as a comprehensive HR partner, managing everything from talent acquisition to payroll, benefits, performance management, workers' compensation, and taxes. With a focus on simplifying complex HR tasks, Questco allows businesses to focus on growth while ensuring compliance and efficiency. Tackling Complex Workforce Management Challenges Businesses today face numerous challenges in HR and workforce management, from navigating compliance when hiring across state lines to simplifying benefits enrollment. Gladding shared that Questco's approach is tailored to each client's unique needs, offering strategic solutions to resolve these complex issues. He highlighted that by providing proactive support and quick issue resolution, Questco empowers clients to maintain a competitive edge in hiring and employee management. World-Class Client Relationships: The Secret to Questco's Success Questco has earned remarkable Net Promoter Scores (NPS) year after year, and in the interview, Gladding revealed the secret behind this success. 'At the core of what we do, we are a people business,' he said. Questco's emphasis on customizing solutions to meet clients' specific needs, addressing concerns proactively, and exceeding expectations has led to strong, long-term partnerships with clients. Improving Efficiency and Reducing HR Headaches For business leaders looking to optimize their HR solutions, Gladding emphasized the importance of taking the first step toward improvement. He encouraged businesses to visit Questco's website, where they can explore client testimonials and request a free audit of their current HR strategies against Questco's tailored solutions. 'If they have any questions, they can reach out to me directly,' Gladding added, offering personal support to business leaders looking to enhance their workforce management practices. About Questco Questco is a leading professional employer organization (PEO) that provides strategic HR solutions to businesses across the U.S. With a commitment to delivering high-quality services and personalized support, Questco helps businesses streamline HR processes, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and employee satisfaction. Learn more about Questco's services at Questco. About Xraised Xraised is a platform dedicated to providing valuable insights from industry leaders and innovators. Through engaging interviews and content, Xraised shares expert knowledge on a wide range of topics, helping businesses and individuals thrive in today's competitive landscape. Visit Xraised for more information. To watch the full interview, click here. X LinkedIn Instagram Legal Disclaimer:
Associated Press
17-02-2025
- Health
- Associated Press
Xraised and Neurodivergent Outloud Unite to Champion Neurodivergent Empowerment
/ -- In a groundbreaking conversation that resonated with audiences worldwide, Xraised hosted an exclusive interview with the dynamic team behind Neurodivergent Outloud, a trailblazing coaching collective dedicated to empowering neurodivergent individuals. The interview, now available on the Xraised platform, spotlighted the remarkable journey of Neurodivergent Outloud's founder, Danielle Ralston, and her mission to help neurodivergent communities thrive. Danielle Ralston, an ADHD-CCSP-certified coach and celebrated international speaker, shared the core philosophy behind Neurodivergent Outloud: fostering a supportive environment where creativity can flourish and where individuals no longer feel isolated by their neurodiversity. The team's commitment to cutting-edge methodologies, including cognitive behavioral techniques like CBT and REBT, was a key highlight of the discussion. 'We didn't set out to be coaches,' Danielle explained. 'We set out to change the world, and this is how we choose to do it.' Neurodivergent Outloud's holistic approach combines consistent training in neurodivergence research with the latest protocols to offer tailored coaching solutions. Their efforts have helped thousands of neurodivergent individuals embrace authenticity, unlock their creative potential, and channel their energy into growth. The conversation also underscored the power of networking and relationship-building—a topic deeply resonant with Xraised's ethos, as showcased in their other features. Neurodivergent Outloud: Transforming Lives, One Story at a Time For those unfamiliar, Neurodivergent Outloud is a pioneering collective dedicated to amplifying neurodivergent voices and providing the tools for personal and professional growth. Their shared mission aligns seamlessly with Xraised's platform, which celebrates diverse stories of empowerment and innovation. Watch the Full Interview Now Discover the transformative insights shared during the interview and learn more about how Neurodivergent Outloud is shaping the future for neurodivergent communities. Visit Xraised to view the full episode and explore other inspiring content. Together, Xraised and Neurodivergent Outloud are bridging the gap between awareness and action, proving that neurodiversity is not just a challenge but a unique strength that can redefine success. Gianmarco Giordaniello X LinkedIn Legal Disclaimer:
Associated Press
29-01-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Revolutionizing Communication: Andrew Ryan Discusses AF Accessories' Journey and Innovation with Xraised
GREATER SYDNEY AREA, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, January 29, 2025 / / -- AF Accessories, an industry leader in microphone noise-cancellation technology, is transforming voice communication across sectors like motorsport, civil works, and esports. In an exclusive interview with Xraised, Andrew Ryan, Director of AF Accessories and RadioComms2u, shares the company's groundbreaking journey, innovative solutions, and enduring legacy. The interview, now live on the Xraised platform, delves into the creation and success of AF Accessories' patented microphone technology. By redefining how digital signal processors (DSPs) interpret audio input, the company has set a new standard in environments where ambient noise has traditionally hampered communication quality. Breaking Barriers in Noise Cancellation AF Accessories' products, such as the Hammerhead Two-Way Radio Accessories and Spoon Gaming Microphones, utilize a patented twin-microphone system. Unlike traditional single-microphone options, AFA's design communicates unique audio signals to DSPs, allowing for clearer voice output even in high-noise scenarios like drag racing with 118 dB of ambient sound. 'Our circuit acts like speaker-based noise cancellation in reverse,' Ryan explained. 'This innovation has allowed us to overcome long-standing challenges in the industry, delivering unparalleled audio clarity and improving safety in critical environments.' From Challenges to Triumph The interview highlights the challenges faced by Ryan and his co-founder, Frederick, who spearheaded this innovation from their home-based lab in Sydney. From navigating global lockdowns that disrupted business operations to patent office disputes, the journey was far from smooth. Tragically, Frederick passed away in 2021, but his contributions remain central to AFA's mission. 'AFA is more than just a company now—it's a legacy,' Ryan said. 'We're committed to improving voice communications and ensuring safety for users worldwide.' Rave Reviews from Clients Since its soft launch in January 2024, AF Accessories has sold over 1,000 Hammerhead earpieces with no marketing or advertising. Venues like The Argyle in The Rocks, Sydney, where up to 85 two-way radios are used simultaneously in high-noise environments, have praised the performance of AFA products for their significant impact on communication quality. Learn More About AF Accessories Andrew Ryan's in-depth interview with Xraised provides an inspiring glimpse into the innovation driving AF Accessories' success. Explore the full story and discover how this Australian company is revolutionizing communication technology. About AF Accessories AF Accessories is an Australian pioneer in microphone noise-cancellation technology, specializing in solutions for motorsport, civil works, and gaming. Its innovative twin-microphone systems enable superior audio clarity and enhanced safety in high-noise environments. Gianmarco Giordaniello X LinkedIn Instagram Legal Disclaimer:
