secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cyngn Inc. (CYN)
CIK:        0001874097
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-26-013688
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cyngn appoints Ran Makavy to Board of Directors as Class III director
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- Appointment effective Feb 3, 2026, filling a vacancy on the Board.
- Makavy named Chairman of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; also on Compensation and Audit Committees.
- Background: founded Snaptu (sold to Facebook 2011), led growth at Facebook, Lyft IPO, invested in 60+ startups.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director policies per the 2025 proxy statement.
- No arrangements or transactions with Makavy reportable under Item 404(a) of Reg S-K.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874097/000121390026013688/0001213900-26-013688-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-013688

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