---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-229092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZPTA"
cik: "0001843714"
company_name: "Zapata Quantum, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:35:28.603983+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Andretti Acquisition Corp. to merge with Zapata Computing; deal value capped at $200M

## Summary
- Aggregate consideration to Zapata holders capped at $200M at $10 per share of New Parent Common Stock.
- AAC to be renamed Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. and reincorporate in Delaware before closing.
- Zapata may issue up to $20M in Senior Notes or raise up to $25M equity prior to closing.
- Lock-up periods: common stockholders 1 year (or $12/share trigger); preferred six months with phased sale limits.
- Outside date for closing is April 18, 2024, extendable to September 6, 2024 under conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-229092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZPTA
- cik: 0001843714
- company_name: Zapata Quantum, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000119312523229092/0001193125-23-229092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000119312523229092/d539142d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Zapata Quantum, Inc. entered into Business Combination Agreement with Andretti Acquisition Corp., Tigre Merger Sub, Inc., and Zapata Computing, Inc. (effective 2023-09-06).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Andretti Acquisition Corp., Tigre Merger Sub, Inc., and Zapata Computing, Inc.
  - Effective: 2023-09-06
  source text: On September 6, 2023, Andretti Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“AAC”) entered into a Business Combination Agreement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843714/000119312523229092/0001193125-23-229092-index.htm

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