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Latest SPAC News: Joby teams up with ANA to bring flying taxis to Japan, Rigetti partners with Nasdaq to pursue quantum advantage, and Nauticus Robotics announces defense innovation award
Joby Teams Up With ANA to Bring Flying Taxis to Japan
Flying from Japan’s Osaka station to Kansai International Airport could take just 15 minutes based on plans laid out by flying-taxi startup Joby Aviation Inc. (NYSE:JOBY) and the country’s biggest airline.
Joby and ANA Holdings Inc. will work together to bring aerial ridesharing to Japan for the first time, according to a statement on Monday. Toyota Motor Corp. will join the partnership and focus on ground-based transport.
READRigetti and Nasdaq Team-Up to Pursue Quantum Advantage for Financial Applications
Rigetti Computing, a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing, today announced a collaborative agreement with Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) to pursue the development of quantum applications to help solve high-impact computational problems in the financial industry. The efforts will be powered by Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services, featuring Rigetti’s 80-qubit “Aspen M” series quantum processor – the quantum computing industry’s first commercial multi-chip processor.
On October 6, 2021, Supernova II (NYSE:SNII) entered into a definitive agreement to combine with quantum computing firm Rigetti.
READNauticus Robotics Announces U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Award for Autonomous Subsea Command and Control Software
Nauticus Robotics, Inc., a Houston-area developer of surface and subsea robots, autonomy cloud software, and associated services, has been awarded an Other Transaction Agreement by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype its autonomous command and control software platform, ToolKITT, aboard the U.S. Navy’s VideoRay Mission Specialist Defender Remote Operated Vehicle. DIU is a Department of Defense organization that contracts with commercial companies to solve national security problems.
On December 16, 2021, Nauticus Robotics and CleanTech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: CLAQ) entered into a definitive business combination agreement that would result in Nauticus Robotics becoming a public company.
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Thunderstone has filed for a $50 million SPAC to put a new first-time Asia-based team in action on a generalist hunt. The new SPAC is offering investors a right to a 1/8 share in each unit with 18 months to initially complete a business combination. It is the 8th fresh S-1 filed with underwriter D....
At the SPAC of Dawn In a trading session that may find itself built around the release of Fed minutes at 2 pm ET this afternoon, a pair of SPAC targets have added their own fresh information to the mix. Enterprise AI firm Fusemachines, which has a pending combination with CSLM (OTC:CSLMF), put out a...
Globa Terra Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:GTERU) announced the pricing of its $152 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “GTERU”, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The new SPAC plans to mount a search for a target in the agriculture, agtech or biotech sectors with an emphasis on water...