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Zapata AI to Participate in AI Roundtable Discussion with Enterprise Focus at The 36th Annual Roth Conference

By: via Business Wire

Zapata AI CEO and Co-founder Christopher Savoie will join other AI company CEOs to discuss opportunities and challenges with enterprise adoption of AI native tools and services

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. (NYSE: WNNR) today announced that Zapata AI CEO and co-founder Christopher Savoie will take part in an AI-focused, CEO roundtable at the 36th Annual Roth Conference.

Event: “AI Roundtable Discussion with Start-up Execs” panel discussion

Date: March 19, 2023

Time: 10:00 am PT

Location: Dana Point, CA

This year's event will consist of one-on-one/small group meetings, analyst-selected fireside chats, and thematic and industry panels hosted by executive management from approximately 500 private and public companies in a variety of growth sectors, including Consumer, Technology & Media, Sustainability & Industrial Growth, AgTech, Energy, Metals & Mining, Healthcare, Services, and Insurance.

To submit your ROTH Conference registration request, click here. To schedule a one-on-one meeting with Zapata AI, please contact your ROTH representative.

About ROTH MKM

ROTH MKM is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving growth companies and their investors. Their full-service platform provides capital raising, high impact equity research, macroeconomics, sales and trading, technical insights, derivatives strategies, M&A advisory, and corporate access. Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, ROTH MKM is a privately held, employee owned organization and maintains offices throughout the U.S. For more information, please visit www.roth.com.

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 industrial-scale enterprises and government entities to leverage large language models and numerical generative models better, faster, and more efficiently—delivering solutions to drive growth, savings and 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 proposed business combination (the “business combination”), the likelihood and ability of the parties to successfully consummate the business combination, 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 business combination, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, ability to meet the closing conditions to the business combination ; delay in closing the business combination or failure to close the business combination within the period permitted under Andretti Acquisition Corp.’s governing documents; and those factors discussed in Andretti Acquisition Corp.’s Final Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2024.

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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