Form 8-K

8-K — Zapata Quantum, Inc.

Accession: 0001683168-26-007295

Filed: 2026-09-23

Period: 2026-09-22

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 22, 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 22, 2026, Zapata Quantum, Inc.

(the “Company”) issued a press release announcing early access to Quantum Pilot, a hardware-agnostic, cloud-based software

platform designed to enable systematic discovery and high-value quantum applications. 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 or

Furnished

Exhibit #

Exhibit Description

Form

Date

Number

Herewith

99.1

Press Release dated September 22, 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 22, 2026

ZAPATA QUANTUM, INC.

By:

/s/ Sumit Kapur

Sumit Kapur, Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 99.1

Zapata Introduces

Quantum Pilot™ to Enable Systematic Discovery

and Development of High-Value Quantum Applications

Drawing on Zapata’s

pioneering quantum software expertise, the platform helps enterprises

build a clear roadmap to commercial impact

BOSTON, Massachusetts – September 22, 2026 – Zapata

Quantum, Inc. (OTCQB: ZPTA) (“Zapata,” “Zapata Quantum” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing

algorithm and application development, today announced early access to Quantum Pilot, a hardware-agnostic, cloud-based software platform

designed to close a growing gap between rapidly advancing quantum hardware capabilities and enterprises’ ability to determine where

and how quantum computing can create business value.

Quantum Pilot builds a dynamic roadmap for enterprises that want to

deploy quantum technology but are uncertain which applications are relevant to their business and sector, when those solutions will be

practical, and what they could be worth. It gives organizations a systematic way to discover potential applications, weigh their technical

and commercial potential, and focus resources on the opportunities with the strongest case for investment. Enterprises can then identify

and develop applications without betting on a single quantum modality or provider, and reassess application readiness or change their

approach as hardware capabilities and algorithms evolve.

“The critical on-ramp to quantum application development is the

efficient and rigorous mapping of use cases to quantum computational solutions,” said Sumit Kapur, CEO of Zapata Quantum. “We

built Quantum Pilot to make that on-ramp more accessible to enterprise leaders and ensure that quantum activity becomes a capability that

compounds—with each experiment and development effort informing and accelerating the next.”

Delivering Quantum Application Intelligence™

Drawing on Zapata’s experience developing quantum algorithms

and applications across industries and hardware architectures, Quantum Pilot combines a proprietary knowledge framework with advanced

computational tools, including capabilities developed through its collaboration

with NVIDIA to apply agentic AI to quantum resource estimation. The platform also builds on Zapata’s collaboration

with the University of Maryland on formal methods for quantum software verification.

Together, these capabilities enable Quantum Pilot to deliver Quantum

Application Intelligence (QAI)—helping enterprises identify, evaluate and develop quantum applications with scientific rigor and

a clear focus on business value. The platform also continuously tracks and updates the global quantum ecosystem’s research, hardware

roadmaps and software developments so that application roadmaps are current as the field advances and users are making application decisions

based on the latest data.

“Most conversations about quantum readiness

focus on the hardware roadmap. That is not where the real risk sits. It sits one layer up, in the applications and software that decide

whether the hardware ever produces business value,” said Mark Hill, Chief Digital Information Officer at CSL Behring, a multibillion-dollar

global biotech leader, and Advisor to the Company. “Quantum Pilot matters because it forces the harder question enterprises keep

avoiding: which applications are worth building now, not just which processor is fastest.”

Quantum Pilot is powered by three complementary systems:

● Quantum Graph, a proprietary knowledge layer that connects quantum applications, algorithms, research, and hardware roadmaps,

providing structured context for the platform and its AI agents as the field advances.

● Quantum Engine, a suite of computational tools and agents that supports algorithm selection, resource estimation, experiment

design and hardware benchmarking, helping enterprises assess technical feasibility and guide application development.

● Quantum Assurance, a framework that combines formal verification methods with expert review to assess technical results and

guide the development process, with Zapata’s scientists helping enterprises interpret evidence and determine next steps.

“Among the things that make Quantum

Pilot’s approach to application development distinct is its use of formal verification, rather than after-the-fact validation alone,”

said Runzhou Tao, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, and Fellow, Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS).

“That’s the same principle we apply in our research with Zapata on verified quantum software, and it addresses a discipline

quantum computing has largely developed without.”

Early Access

Quantum Pilot is initially available through an early access program

for select enterprise and government customers. Organizations interested in participating can request a demo and learn more at zapataquantum.com/quantumpilot.

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. Spun out of Harvard’s quantum lab in 2017, 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, the potential features and benefits of our new product offering, accelerating quantum application

and development, plans and ability to discover and develop quantum computer opportunities and create business value, and our ability to

deliver our proprietary capabilities to deliver quantum application intelligence. 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 close the quantum applications gap between quantum hardware capabilities and identify and capitalize

on the recognition and competitive advantages associated with quantum computing technologies, our ability to identify and develop potential

applications and advances in quantum applications, our ability to 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, the possibility of adverse regulatory

developments that could adversely impact us or our collaborators or the technologies on which we depend, 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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