Zapata Quantum, Inc. (ZPTA) NSO Exercise Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · ZPTAPlan your Zapata Quantum, Inc. NSO exercise (federal, state, FICA) and compare sell-vs-hold for long-term capital gains.
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Tax inputs
Hold strategy
Best after-tax payout — at year 1
$198,990
Sell + invest wins by $20,773 over Hold 1 yr.
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Sell + invest
Best payout| Bargain element (sale − strike) | $350,000 |
| Federal | |
| State | |
| Medicare | −$5,075 |
| Additional Medicare | −$3,150 |
| Market gain over 1 yr at 10.0% | $18,564 |
| LTCG on diversified gain (fed + state + NIIT) | −$5,217 |
| Net at year 1 | $198,990 |
Sell every share immediately; invest the after-tax cash at the market return for 1 yr, then liquidate. Diversified — no single-stock concentration risk.
Exercise + hold 1 yr
| Sale proceeds (year 1) | |
| LTCG tax (federal + state + NIIT) | $0 |
| Net at year 1 | $178,216 |
Sold 2,679 shares at exercise to cover strike + tax; 2,321 shares held 1 yr for LTCG.
Social Security + Medicare are payroll taxes (collectively called FICA) — they apply because you're exercising as a current employee.
Both columns are stated in year-1 dollars: sell-now proceeds compound at the market return and pay LTCG on the gain at year 1; any cash paid out of pocket on the hold side carries the same opportunity cost.
Net at year N — by hold period
Estimates only. Excludes AMT (NSOs do not trigger AMT), state-AMT, multi-state moves, and disqualifying-disposition edge cases. Not financial advice.
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About Zapata Quantum, Inc.
Zapata Quantum, Inc. (ZPTA) is a public Cloud/SaaS company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Boston, MA. IPO'd Apr 1, 2024.
OTC; quantum computing algorithm/software platform.
Equity grants at Zapata Quantum, Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).
Zapata Quantum traces to 2017, when Christopher Savoie and four Harvard researchers under Alan Aspuru-Guzik founded Zapata Computing to build software linking quantum algorithms to hardware. It went public in April 2024 by merging with Andretti Acquisition Corp, a SPAC (a listed shell company that merges with a private business to take it public), trading as ZPTA. The company shut down in October 2024 after missing a creditor payment, then restructured through 2025, converting over $10 million of debt to equity. It relaunched under its current name, closing a $15 million financing round in April 2026, with shares trading over-the-counter.
Sources: thequantuminsider.com · thequantuminsider.com · thequantuminsider.com · businesswire.com · stockanalysis.com
Equity comp at Zapata Quantum, Inc.
- Zapata Quantum completed a SPAC merger in March 2024 when Andretti Acquisition Corp. merged with Zapata Computing, Inc. and domesticated as a Delaware corporation. The company ceased operations in October 2024 due to debt obligations, filed for bankruptcy in 2025, and re-emerged as Zapata Quantum focused on quantum software after converting over $10 million of debt to equity. Pre-restructuring equity plans were substantially disrupted by the bankruptcy. As of year-end 2025, total unrecognized stock option compensation was approximately $1,849, indicating minimal active grants. The company has used stock options rather than RSUs as its primary equity vehicle both before and after restructuring.
- Vesting schedule: stock options vest monthly over four years with a one-year cliff on initial grants.
Sources: sec.gov · globenewswire.com · thequantuminsider.com
Researched 2026-07-11.
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Use this calculator to estimate your Zapata Quantum, Inc. (ZPTA) NSO exercise tax (federal, state, FICA), then compare selling now versus holding through the long-term capital gains threshold. Inputs are yours: grant terms, current price, your income, your state.
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Zapata Quantum, Inc. equity questions
- How is a Zapata Quantum, Inc. NSO exercise taxed?
- Exercising a non-qualified stock option (NSO) creates ordinary income on the bargain element (the price on the day you exercise minus your strike), subject to federal income tax, state income tax, and FICA. The calculator above computes that tax for your Zapata Quantum, Inc. grant and compares selling the shares now against holding past the one-year mark for long-term capital-gains treatment.
- Does Zapata Quantum, Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Zapata Quantum, Inc. typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise.
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