---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-115639"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZPTA"
cik: "0001843714"
company_name: "Zapata Quantum, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:49:20.758624+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zapata Computing to delist from Nasdaq after ceasing operations; board resigns

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified Zapata on Oct 16 that its securities will be suspended at open Oct 25; company will not appeal.
- Board of directors: William M. Brown, Dana Jones, Jeffrey Huber, William Klitgaard, Raj Ratnakar resigned Oct 15.
- Company previously disclosed it ceased operations and terminated all but a few employees for wind-down.
- Nasdaq determined Zapata is a 'public shell' with no operating business, triggering stricter listing criteria.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-115639
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZPTA
- cik: 0001843714
- company_name: Zapata Quantum, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000095017024115639/0000950170-24-115639-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000095017024115639/ck0001843714-20241015.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115639
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115639.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dana Jones resigned as member of the board of directors at Zapata Quantum, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On October 15, 2024, in connection with the previously announced cessation of the operations of the Company, each of William M. Brown, Dana Jones, Jeffrey Huber, William Klitgaard and Raj Ratnakar resigned from their position as a member of the board of directors of the Company and all committees thereof effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000095017024115639/0000950170-24-115639-index.htm
- Executive change
  William M. Brown resigned as member of the board of directors at Zapata Quantum, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On October 15, 2024, in connection with the previously announced cessation of the operations of the Company, each of William M. Brown, Dana Jones, Jeffrey Huber, William Klitgaard and Raj Ratnakar resigned from their position as a member of the board of directors of the Company and all committees thereof effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000095017024115639/0000950170-24-115639-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Klitgaard resigned as member of the board of directors at Zapata Quantum, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On October 15, 2024, in connection with the previously announced cessation of the operations of the Company, each of William M. Brown, Dana Jones, Jeffrey Huber, William Klitgaard and Raj Ratnakar resigned from their position as a member of the board of directors of the Company and all committees thereof effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000095017024115639/0000950170-24-115639-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Huber resigned as member of the board of directors at Zapata Quantum, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On October 15, 2024, in connection with the previously announced cessation of the operations of the Company, each of William M. Brown, Dana Jones, Jeffrey Huber, William Klitgaard and Raj Ratnakar resigned from their position as a member of the board of directors of the Company and all committees thereof effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000095017024115639/0000950170-24-115639-index.htm
- Executive change
  Raj Ratnakar resigned as member of the board of directors at Zapata Quantum, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On October 15, 2024, in connection with the previously announced cessation of the operations of the Company, each of William M. Brown, Dana Jones, Jeffrey Huber, William Klitgaard and Raj Ratnakar resigned from their position as a member of the board of directors of the Company and all committees thereof effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000095017024115639/0000950170-24-115639-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.