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750 ‘SPAC King’ Chamath Palihapitiya returns with $250M American Exceptionalism SPAC targeting energy, AI, DeFi, and defense

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 08/19/2025 10:30 EDT

‘SPAC King’ Chamath Palihapitiya returns with $250M American Exceptionalism SPAC targeting energy, AI, DeFi, and defense

Chamath Palihapitiya, the former Facebook executive who became Wall Street’s face of the SPAC boom, is stepping back into the blank-check arena after walking away from two jumbo vehicles in 2022. On Monday, he filed paperwork for a new $250 ...

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