---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-015269"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IACO"
cik: "0002091176"
company_name: "Idea Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:51:12.675423+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Idea Acquisition Corp. closes $350M IPO and $9M private placement; targets AI/LLM firms

## Summary
- Offered 35,000,000 units at $10/unit; gross proceeds $350M from IPO.
- Concurrent private placement of 6M warrants at $1.50/warrant for $9M gross proceeds.
- Sponsor purchased 3,666,667 private warrants; Cantor Fitzgerald 1,633,333; Odeon 700,000.
- $350M placed in trust; proceeds to be held until business combination or redemption.
- Board appointed Roddenberry Jr., Urbach, and Lingham; focus on software vertical using LLMs/AI.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-015269
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IACO
- cik: 0002091176
- company_name: Idea Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2091176/000110465926015269/0001104659-26-015269-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2091176/000110465926015269/tm2528839d4_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Idea Acquisition Corp. entered into Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement with the Sponsor (effective 2026-02-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: the Sponsor
  - Effective: 2026-02-10
  source text: ● A Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 10, 2026, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and the holders signatory thereto, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2091176/000110465926015269/0001104659-26-015269-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Idea Acquisition Corp. entered into Investment Management Trust Agreement with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (effective 2026-02-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
  - Effective: 2026-02-10
  source text: ● An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated February 10, 2026, by and between the Company and Continental, as trustee
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2091176/000110465926015269/0001104659-26-015269-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Idea Acquisition Corp. entered into Registration Rights Agreement with the Sponsor and the holders signatory thereto (effective 2026-02-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: the Sponsor and the holders signatory thereto
  - Effective: 2026-02-10
  source text: ● A Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 10, 2026, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and the holders signatory thereto
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2091176/000110465926015269/0001104659-26-015269-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Idea Acquisition Corp. entered into Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement with the Representative (effective 2026-02-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: the Representative
  - Effective: 2026-02-10
  source text: ● A Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated February 10, 2026, by and between the Company and the Representative
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2091176/000110465926015269/0001104659-26-015269-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Idea Acquisition Corp. entered into Underwriting Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (effective 2026-02-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
  - Effective: 2026-02-10
  source text: ● An Underwriting Agreement, dated February 10, 2026, by and between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representative of the underwriters
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2091176/000110465926015269/0001104659-26-015269-index.htm

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