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accession: "0001213900-26-070357"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RAAQ"
cik: "0002052161"
company_name: "Real Asset Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2026-06-22T10:35:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T10:40:10.296049+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# IQM appoints Craig Ciesla as CTO, Inés de Vega as Chief Scientist ahead of Nasdaq listing

## Summary
- Craig Ciesla, former Illumina VP and inventor of 100+ patents, named CTO; Inés de Vega transitions to Chief Scientist.
- IQM has sold 23 quantum computers to date, more than any other manufacturer, and operates its own chip factory.
- IQM is nearing Nasdaq listing via merger with Real Asset Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: RAAQ); PIPE upsized to $146M in early June.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-070357
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RAAQ
- cik: 0002052161
- company_name: Real Asset Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T10:35:05+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2052161/000121390026070357/0001213900-26-070357-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2052161/000121390026070357/ea0295306-8k425_real.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-070357
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-070357.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-070357.txt

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