(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)

We are a newly established blank check company. We intend to focus our search initially on North American and European businesses in disruptive growth sectors, which complements the expertise of our management team. We have not selected a sector or a geographic region as a focus in our search for an acquisition target. 

Michael Blitzer has been our chairman since May 2026. Mr. Blitzer is also founder and partner of Inflection Point Asset Management, which he co-founded with Kevin Shannon in 2024. Inflection Point Asset Management invests in concentrated SPAC sponsor and PIPE positions, primarily focused on backing the Inflection Point franchise of SPACs. Mr. Blitzer was the founder and co-CEO of Kingstown Capital Management (“Kingstown”), which he founded in 2006 and grew to a multi-billion asset manager with some of the world’s largest endowments and foundations until 2021. Mr. Blitzer began his Wall Street career at J.P. Morgan Securities in 1999 advising companies globally in private debt and equity capital raises followed by work at the investment fund Gotham Asset Management, which was founded by the author and investor Joel Greenblatt.

Kevin Shannon has been our CEO since May 2026. Mr. Shannon is a founder and partner of Inflection Point Asset Management, which he co-founded with Michael Blitzer in 2024. Inflection Point Asset Management invests in concentrated SPAC sponsor and PIPE positions, primarily focused on backing the Inflection Point franchise of SPACs. Prior to Inflection Point Asset Management, Mr. Shannon was a Principal at The Venture Collective from April of 2023 to March of 2024 helping to source and diligence later stage investments for the venture capital firm. Before that, Mr. Shannon was a Senior Analyst at Kingstown Capital from March of 2021 to March of 2023. Mr. Shannon began his career in Equity Capital Markets at Bank of America, spending time working across the Technology, Industrials, Equity-Linked, and SPAC teams within Equity Capital Markets (“ECM”).

(Note: Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VIII priced its SPAC IPO in sync with the terms in the prospectus – 25 million units at $10.00 each – to raise $250 million on Thursday night,  Aug. 27, 2026. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant. Background: Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VIII filed its S-1 on Aug. 7, 2026, and disclosed the terms for its SPAC IPO: 25 million units at $10.00 each to raise $250 million. )