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Zapata AI to Host Virtual Analyst and Investor Webinar on February 8, 2024

By: via Business Wire

Webinar will detail how Zapata AI’s quantum techniques for generative AI can help enterprises solve complex industrial-scale problems.

Zapata Computing, Inc. (“Zapata AI” or the “Company”), the Industrial Generative AI software company developing solutions and applications to solve enterprises’ difficult, industrial-scale problems, and Andretti Acquisition Corp. (“Andretti”) (NYSE: WNNR), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that Zapata AI will host a Virtual Analyst and Investor Webinar on February 8, 2024 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240130302461/en/

The webinar will focus on: 1) detailing the Company’s technology offering for enterprise customers, which centers on Industrial Generative AI solutions that can harness the power of language and numerical models for critical, industrial-grade applications; 2) how Zapata AI’s long history of quantum innovation provides differentiating benefits for its generative AI offering; and, 3) the Company’s business model, including its partner ecosystem and target industries. Management will also conduct a virtual Q&A session following the prepared remarks.

To register for the event, please click here. Zapata AI welcomes you to submit questions ahead of time for the Q&A session by emailing investors@zapata.ai. The live webcast and presentation materials, as well as a replay of the event, will be made available on the Company’s investor relations website at https://zapata.ai/investors/.

As previously announced, Zapata AI entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Andretti Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: WNNR) on September 6, 2023. The registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the business combination was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 29, 2024. An Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for shareholders of Andretti Acquisition Corp. to approve the proposed business combination is scheduled to be held on February 13, 2024 at 10:00am Eastern Time. Upon closing of the business combination, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including an affirmative vote of Andretti’s shareholders, Zapata Computing, Inc. will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Andretti Acquisition Corp., the name of Andretti Acquisition Corp. will be changed to Zapata Computing Holdings Inc., and Zapata AI expects to become a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “ZPTA”.

About Zapata AI

Zapata AI is an Industrial Generative AI company, revolutionizing how enterprises solve complex problems with its powerful suite of Generative AI software. By combining numerical and text-based solutions, Zapata AI empowers enterprises to leverage large language models and numerical generative models better, faster, and more efficiently—delivering solutions to drive growth, savings and unprecedented insight. With proprietary science and engineering techniques and the Orquestra® platform, Zapata AI is accelerating Generative AI’s impact in Industry. The Company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. On September 6, 2023, Zapata AI entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Andretti Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: WNNR).

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made herein are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “intend,” “expect,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future events, the transaction, the likelihood and ability of the parties to successfully consummate the transaction, and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are based on the current expectations of Andretti Acquisition Corp.’s and Zapata AI’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on, by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction, or a definitive statement of fact or probability. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding Zapata AI’s businesses and the transaction, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, ability to meet the closing conditions to the transaction, including approval by stockholders of Andretti Acquisition Corp. on the expected terms; delay in closing the transaction or failure to close the transaction within the period permitted under its governing documents; and those factors discussed in Andretti Acquisition Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, first filed with the SEC on October 27, 2023.

If any of these risks materialize or if assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. While Andretti Acquisition Corp. or Zapata AI may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Andretti Acquisition Corp. or Zapata AI specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Andretti Acquisition Corp.’s or Zapata AI’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

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