Form 8-K

8-K — Zapata Quantum, Inc.

Accession: 0001683168-26-007162

Filed: 2026-09-15

Period: 2026-09-15

CIK: 0001843714

SIC: 7372 (SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE)

Item: Regulation FD Disclosure

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities

Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):

September 15, 2026

ZAPATA QUANTUM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in

charter)

Delaware

001-41218

98-1578373

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6 Liberty

Square, #2488

Boston, MA 02109

(Address of principal executive offices and

zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area

code: (857) 367-9002

(Former Name and Former Address)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form

8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant

is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by

checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial

accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 15, 2026, Zapata Quantum,

Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Chief Executive Officer, Sumit Kapur, has been selected by

The Boston Business Journal for the publication’s annual Power 50: Movement Makers. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith

as Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01 (including

Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange

Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under such section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any

filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Incorporated

by Reference

Filed

Furnished

Exhibit

Description

Form

Date

Number

Herewith

99.1

Press Release dated September 15, 2026

Furnished

104

Cover

Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL, and included in exhibit 101)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant

to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by

the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:

September 15, 2026

ZAPATA QUANTUM, INC.

By:

/s/ Sumit Kapur

Sumit Kapur, Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 99.1

Zapata

Quantum CEO Sumit Kapur Named to Boston Business Journal’s 2026 Power 50: Movement Makers

Recognition

reflects a successful ground-up restructuring that positions the

Harvard

spinout to extend its legacy of leadership in closing the quantum applications gap

BOSTON, Massachusetts – September

15, 2026 – Zapata Quantum (OTCQB: ZPTA) (“Zapata,” “Zapata Quantum” or the “Company”), a

leader in quantum computing algorithm and application development, today announced that its CEO, Sumit Kapur, has been selected by The

Boston Business Journal for the publication’s annual Power

50: Movement Makers.

The Boston Business Journal chooses

honorees who are cultivating positive and impactful changes in business, economic prosperity and community well-being in Greater Boston.

Honorees were selected through nominations from the community and the publication’s own editorial team.

“I am honored to be recognized alongside

so many outstanding leaders in Boston,” said Kapur. “The credit belongs to the entire Zapata Quantum team and reflects the

long arc of innovation that began in Harvard’s quantum computing lab and The Engine built by MIT.”

“Having spent my formative years on Harvard’s

campus, I’ve seen firsthand Boston’s position as a hub for advanced technology and spinouts from academia, and we are proud

to be a part of that tradition as we continue to build the tools that help organizations close the quantum applications gap, especially

as quantum hardware is advancing faster than the applications that will run on it,” Kapur added.

In the last two years, Kapur has seen Zapata

through a successful restructuring and repositioning around its original focus to advance the discovery, development and deployment of

quantum software applications. As part of that effort, Zapata rebuilt its team around original leadership from Harvard’s quantum

computing lab while adding experienced talent from companies including Palantir, Oracle and Northrop Grumman, combining deep quantum expertise

with enterprise software and commercialization experience.

During Kapur’s tenure, Zapata has collaborated

with NVIDIA, using agentic AI to accelerate quantum algorithm discovery. The Company’s quantum-enabled drug discovery research with

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the University of Toronto and Insilico Medicine was also recognized as one of Nature Biotechnology’s

Top 10 Papers of 2025, reflecting Zapata’s longstanding scientific leadership and contribution to Boston’s biotechnology research

community.

“I’ve served on Zapata’s board since

its earliest days, and the past year has been the most consequential stretch in the company’s history,” said Clark Golestani, Chairman

of the Board of Directors at Zapata. “Under Sumit’s leadership, the company has been rebuilt around its core strengths, added

exceptional talent and deepened relationships with industry leaders like NVIDIA, IBM and QuEra. With momentum building across quantum

computing, Zapata is exceptionally well positioned to capture the opportunity emerging at the intersection of advancing quantum hardware

and application development.”

To learn more about Zapata, please visit the

company’s website.

About Zapata Quantum

Zapata Quantum is a leading hardware-agnostic, pure-play quantum software company focused on accelerating quantum application development.

With a portfolio of more than 60 granted and pending patents developed over seven years, Zapata supports applications across cryptography,

pharmaceuticals, finance, materials discovery, defense, and more. The Company is the only organization to have participated across all

technical areas of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking program and has worked with Fortune 500 enterprises and government agencies to translate

quantum advances into real-world impact. The Company’s study demonstrating the potential of quantum-enabled drug discovery was recognized

as one of Nature Biotechnology’s Top 10 Papers of 2025.

Media Contact

Taylor White

taylor@hkamarcom.com

Investor Relations Contact

Richard Land

investors@zapataquantum.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning

of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, Zapata Quantum’s building the tools to help

close the quantum applications gap, accelerating quantum application development, and being well positioned to capture the quantum computer

opportunities. Forward-looking statements may be prefaced by words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,”

“could,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” “seem,”

“potential,” “appear,” “continue,” “future,” “believe,” “estimate,”

“forecast,” “project,” and similar words and expressions as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking

statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance, and are based on our current

beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, anticipated events and trends,

the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties,

risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict, many of which are outside of our control. We caution you, therefore,

against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking

statements for a variety of reasons, including, without limitation, our ability to capitalize on the recognition and competitive advantages

associated with quantum computing software, our ability to raise necessary capital, secure and maintain contracts with customers and collaborators,

the state of the U.S. economy including issues caused by affordability, the risk of future inflation and uncertainty surrounding interest

rates and the possibility of a recession, uncertainty surrounding and impacts arising from tariffs and developments relating thereto,

our ability to attract and retain key personnel, our ability to obtain, maintain and protect intellectual property rights, the risk that

software and technology infrastructure on which we depend fails to perform as designed or intended, the possibility that competitors may

develop or access technology with similar or superior capabilities to our technology offerings, and the risk factors contained in our

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)

on March 31, 2026, and our Prospectus filed with the SEC on August 11, 2026. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release

speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to

time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement,

whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

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