---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001805833-23-000149"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SST"
cik: "0001805833"
company_name: "System1, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T07:50:28.191383+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# System1 appoints Taryn Naidu and Tanmay Kumar to Board, expands to 10 directors

## Summary
- Taryn Naidu appointed Class I director, serves on Audit and Compensation Committees; term expires 2026.
- Tanmay Kumar appointed Class III director; term expires at 2025 annual meeting.
- Board size increased from 9 to 10 directors effective August 15, 2023.
- Naidu brings CEO/COO experience at Rigetti Computing and Rightside Group; Kumar is a partner at Bridgeport Partners.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001805833-23-000149
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SST
- cik: 0001805833
- company_name: System1, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805833/000180583323000149/0001805833-23-000149-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805833/000180583323000149/sst-20230815.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001805833-23-000149.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tanmay Kumar was appointed as Director at System1, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Tanmay Kumar to serve as a Class III director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805833/000180583323000149/0001805833-23-000149-index.htm
- Executive change
  Taryn Naidu was appointed as Director at System1, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Taryn Naidu to serve as a Class I director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805833/000180583323000149/0001805833-23-000149-index.htm

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