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Zapata Quantum, Inc. [ZPTA]

Reporting date: 10/09/2025

⚠️ Neutral Insider Buy Detected

📝 What Happened

  • Insider: Kapur Sumit
  • Role: CEO and CFO
  • Company: Zapata Quantum, Inc. (ZPTA)
  • Transaction Date(s): 2025-10-08, 2025-10-09
  • Table I (Non-Derivative Securities)
    • Sale : 8,000,000
    • Average Sale Price: $0.00
    • Total Value: $0.00
    • Post-Transaction Direct Holdings: 6,000,000
    • Indirect Holdings: 0
    • 10b5-1 Plan Used? No

📄 Summary

Kapur Sumit, CEO and CFO at Zapata Quantum, Inc. (ZPTA), acquired 6,000,000 stock options (underlying common shares) on October 09, 2025, at an average reported price of $0.00, with total value not fully determinable. After the transaction, he now holds 6,000,000 direct shares (underlying options); 0 indirect. For retail traders, this is a neutral event: compensation grant with vesting, not an immediate economic buy signal.

🔑 Interpretation

  • Type: Comp-related — board-approved equity option grants (Rule 16b-3 exemptions noted in footnotes).
  • Disposition: Held — grants/options were acquired, not sold or disposed; vesting schedules apply.
  • Size Context: Material grant to the CEO (6.0M underlying shares) and additional grants to directors (total 8.0M across filings). Large in nominal terms but consistent with multi-year executive/director compensation rather than immediate profit-taking.
  • ATH Metric: Without live price data, there is no clear indication these grants were timed to an all-time high or low; option grants are typically timing-neutral and structured with multi-year vesting, so the awards do not appear opportunistic relative to ATH/ATL movements.
  • Outlier Check: Not obviously an outlier — multiple simultaneous, board-approved grants to CEO and directors point to a planned compensation event rather than an unusual one-off insider sale or purchase.

📊 Bullish or Bearish?

Decide: Neutral

Neutral. The filings show acquisition codes (A) for option grants, but these are compensation awards with $0.00 reported price and vesting schedules—not open-market purchases. The behavior is consistent with routine equity compensation, so it doesn't provide a clear bullish signal. Cluster activity cannot be determined from this filing alone.

✅ Bottom Line (Retail Takeaway)

This transaction looks like routine executive and director equity compensation rather than a direct economic endorsement or profit-taking signal. For retail traders, it’s noise — not a tradeable event on its own unless corroborated by significant open-market purchases or coordinated sales by multiple senior executives.