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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Idea Acquisition Corp. (IACO)

Idea Acquisition Corp. closes $350 million IPO of 35 million units

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 financing Written later

Idea Acquisition Corp., a blank check company, closed its initial public offering of 35,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on February 12, 2026, with gross proceeds of $350,000,000, and sold 6,000,000 private placement warrants for $9,000,000 at the same time. The filing states that the trust account holds the $350,000,000 until a business combination is completed or the funds are redeemed, and that the company must complete a business combination within 24 months of the IPO closing or return public shares.

Key points

  • IPO of 35,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit closed February 12, 2026, with gross proceeds of $350,000,000; units trade on Nasdaq as IACOU.
  • Private placement of 6,000,000 warrants at $1.50 per warrant generated $9,000,000; the sponsor bought 3,666,667 warrants.
  • $350,000,000 was placed in a trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, with the funds generally held until a business combination or redemption within 24 months.
  • Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., Jules Urbach and Vinny Lingham were appointed independent directors on February 10, 2026.

The filing

CompanyIdea Acquisition Corp. (IACO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 13, 2026, 4:34 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-015269

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement3.02 Unregistered Equity Sale5.02 Director / Officer Change5.03 Bylaw / Charter Amendment8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 11:48 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 13, 2026.

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