---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-017518"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABSI"
cik: "0001672688"
company_name: "Absci Corp"
filed_at: "2021-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T08:10:46.150079+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Absci COO Andreas Pihl to retire after transition period through May 2022

## Summary
- COO Andreas Pihl agreed to retire after a transition period of up to nine months.
- Transition period ends by May 13, 2022; Pihl stays on as senior advisor until then.
- No replacement for COO role has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-017518
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABSI
- cik: 0001672688
- company_name: Absci Corp
- filed_at: 2021-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1672688/000162828021017518/0001628280-21-017518-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1672688/000162828021017518/absc-20210820.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-017518
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-017518.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-017518.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andreas Pihl departed as Chief Operating Officer at Absci Corp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Andreas Pihl, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, agreed that Mr. Pihl would retire from his employment with the Company after a transition period of up to approximately nine months, or by May 13, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1672688/000162828021017518/0001628280-21-017518-index.htm

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