{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001493152-26-045262","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BNZI","cik":"0001826011","company_name":"Banzai International, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-01T12:20:33+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-01T12:25:00.502906+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:16:45.371824+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","3.02","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Banzai CEO Joe Davy buys 115,965 Class B shares at $0.70 in $81,176 private placement","bullets":["Davy purchased 115,965 shares of Class B Common Stock at $0.70/share for an aggregate $81,176 in cash, priced at the consolidated closing bid of the Class A stock just before signing.","After the purchase, Davy holds a 25.6% voting interest in Banzai's voting securities; he is CEO and Chairman of the Board, making this a related-party subscription.","The Acquired Shares carry a six-month contractual lock-up from the closing date and were issued unregistered as a private placement to an accredited investor.","Class B shares generally are not convertible into Class A stock except in limited circumstances under the charter, so Davy does not get Class A holder benefits.","Closing occurs on a mutually agreed date with payment by wire; shares are delivered in book entry with a restrictive legend citing the Securities Act."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-045262","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-045262.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-045262.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-045262.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315226045262/0001493152-26-045262-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315226045262/form8-k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:16:45.371824+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}