American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp

AEXA

Market cap $552M

Notable SPAC investor Chamath Palihapitiya recently launched a new blank check company called the American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp A (AEXA 1.20%). The new SPAC has some key differences from its predecessors, but is this time really going to be different?

One IPO and four SPACS debuted this week. Six IPOs and three SPACs submitted initial filings. Two sizable deals are currently scheduled to price in the week ahead as the 3Q IPO market comes to a close.

MENLO PARK, Calif. , Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (the "Company") announced today that it has priced its upsized initial public offering of 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 per share.

Remember when special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) dominated Wall Street headlines just a few years ago?

Two small issuers and one SPAC priced offerings this past week, but there was big news in the pipeline, as a few large names submitted initial filings. The week's largest deal came from the sole blank check IPO, Cantor Equity Partners IV, which raised $400 million in the year's second largest SPAC offering. Street research is expected for four companies in the week ahead, and three lock-up periods will be expiring.

During the 2020-2021 period, hundreds of companies entered the public markets via special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. And no SPAC sponsor was more prominent than Chamath Palihapitiya.

Venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya, dubbed Wall Street's "SPAC king" for his high-profile blank-check deals, is set to take his latest special purpose acquisition vehicle public, marking his return to the market after several years.