Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co.ARCI
Cash in trust
$280.3M
$280,254,125
Trust per share
$10.15
Redemption value
IPO
Jan 2026
$270.5M raised
Combination deadline
—
Not disclosed
Filings on record
28
Latest Aug 13, 2026
Overview
Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002083910. It completed its initial public offering in Jan 2026, raising $270.5M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker ARCI, units under ARCIU, warrants under ARCIW on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Archimedes Tech through Archimedes Tech SPAC Sponsors III LLC. The mandate targets technology. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
“we intend to focus our search for business combination targets in the technology industry.”
Reading the filings
Arithmetic on what Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. has disclosed, written the way a desk would read it. These are observations, not a rating. Nothing here scores the vehicle or implies a view on it.
Trading at a discount to trust
At $10.13 the shares sit within a point of the $10.15 redemption value, so the market is pricing the cash and little else.
Trust versus the $10 unit
The trust holds $10.15 per public share, 1.5% above the $10.00 the units were sold at. That spread is accrued interest on the trust and, where the charter provides for it, sponsor contributions paid in to buy more time. It is the floor a public shareholder can redeem at, not a valuation of the business.
Warrant coverage
Each unit carried one-quarter of one warrant per unit. Warrants are dilution deferred: they cost the holder nothing until exercised, and they overhang the post-combination share count. Thinner coverage is generally a sign of a stronger book at pricing.
Sponsor record
Archimedes Tech has launched 4 vehicles, none of which has resolved yet, so there is no completion record to read.
Underwriting
BTIG led the offering. It has been named on 68 SPAC IPOs, book-running 63 of them, and 13.8% of its resolved vehicles closed a deal. The syndicate has no control over whether a sponsor finds a target, but the quality of the book at pricing shapes who ends up holding the units.
Scores
Recomputed 4m agoThree readings of Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co., each an unweighted mean of the components shown beneath it, and each component a percentile against every live SPAC rather than an absolute we invented. They describe the setup, not the merit. How they are built
Edge
ModerateHow much does the structure protect a holder right now?
49/100
- Discount to trust56
0.20%
- Trust accretion41
$10.15 per share
Edge reads the setup, not the business. A vehicle can score well on protection and still be a poor place to leave money once a deal closes.
FOMO
LowHow much attention is this vehicle attracting right now?
19/100
- Filing activity14
1 in 30 days
- News coverage0
0 stories in 30 days
- Premium to trust44
-0.20%
Attention is not quality. FOMO rises on news volume and on the market paying above trust, both of which have preceded plenty of disappointments.
Potential
ElevatedHow likely is this vehicle to complete a combination, and at what scale?
59/100
- Lead bank record45
13.8%
- Bank franchise70
68 SPAC mandates
- Trust scale82
$280M
- Stage40
searching
Potential is about execution, not about the target. It says nothing about whether the eventual deal is worth owning, because the target is usually unknown when the score is computed.
These are derived measures, not ratings of investment merit. They carry no view on the target, no price target and no recommendation, and a high score is not a reason to buy anything.
SEC filing history
Free tier: filings older than 24 hours- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-089169
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-079131
- 8-K
Current report
Item 5.02 · Accession 0001213900-26-079130
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-056691
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0000919574-26-002910
- 8-K
Current report
Item 5.02 · Accession 0001213900-26-050928
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-025425
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001437749-26-002545
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement; Other events
Items 1.01, 3.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001437749-26-002122
- 4
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-002116
- 4
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-002115
- 424B4
Final IPO prospectus
Accession 0001437749-26-001986
- 424B4
Final IPO prospectus
Accession 0001437749-26-001985
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-001927
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-001926
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-001924
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-001923
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-001922
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-001920
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001437749-26-001918
- EFFECT
Notice of effectiveness
Accession 9999999995-26-000256
- S-1MEF
Registration of additional IPO securities
Accession 0001437749-26-001800
- CERT
Exchange listing certification
Accession 0001354457-26-000074
- 8-A12B
Registration of securities on an exchange
Accession 0001437749-26-001765
- S-1/A
FORM S-1/A
Accession 0001437749-26-001516
- S-1/A
FORM S-1/A
Accession 0001437749-26-001284
- S-1
Registration statement for the initial public offering
Accession 0001437749-25-038695
- DRS
Draft registration statement (confidential)
Accession 0001437749-25-030661
Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co.: questions answered
What is Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. (ARCI)?
Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002083910. It completed its initial public offering in Jan 2026, raising $270.5M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker ARCI, units under ARCIU, warrants under ARCIW on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Archimedes Tech through Archimedes Tech SPAC Sponsors III LLC. The mandate targets technology. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
How much does Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. hold in trust?
Approximately $280,254,125, or about $10.15 per public share, as at the most recent filing on record. Trust balances move: shareholders redeem at extension votes and at the combination vote, and sponsors pay contributions in to extend. Treat the figure as a point-in-time disclosure, not a running balance.
When must Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. complete a merger?
No combination deadline appears in the filings we have indexed. The date is stated in the charter and repeated in each quarterly report; where our parser could not establish it with confidence we leave it blank rather than infer one.
What happens if Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. does not find a target in time?
The charter requires the vehicle to redeem 100% of the public shares and return the trust, pro rata, to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed rather than a default. Founder shares and warrants are worthless in that outcome, which is why the sponsor's incentive is to get a deal done or to buy more time. Across the market, deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.
Can I redeem shares in Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co., and at what price?
Public shareholders may elect to redeem in connection with a combination vote and at each extension vote, at the pro-rata trust value on the relevant record date, most recently disclosed at about $10.15 per share. Redemption is a right attached to the public shares only; warrants and rights carry no claim on the trust. The mechanics and the deadline for electing are set out in the proxy statement for the vote in question.
What tickers does Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. trade under?
Class A shares trade as ARCI on Nasdaq, the units as ARCIU, and the warrants as ARCIW. Units trade first and separate into their component securities roughly 52 days after the IPO; only the Class A shares carry the redemption right against the trust.
Is the trust value the same as the share price for Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co.?
No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.15, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $10.13, a discount of 0.20% to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.
How much dilution do Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co.'s founder shares and warrants create?
Each unit also carried one-quarter of one warrant per unit, which is dilution deferred until exercise. Both are disclosed in the prospectus and both survive into the combined company, which is why a de-SPAC at $10 is not economically the same as an IPO at $10.
Who sponsors Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co., and what is their track record?
Archimedes Tech SPAC Sponsors III LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the Archimedes Tech franchise. That franchise has launched 4 vehicles in total, none of which has resolved yet. Named principals: Eric R. Ball, Long Long.
Which banks underwrote the Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. IPO?
BTIG. BTIG was credited as book-running manager on the cover. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.
Is Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. tradeable, and where?
Yes. ARCI returned a live quote of $10.13 on Nasdaq. Quotes here are delayed and refreshed on a schedule rather than streamed, so treat the figure as indicative and confirm on your own venue. Units and warrants trade under their own symbols and are quoted separately.
Is Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. is covered here as reference data: what the company filed, when it filed it, and what the numbers in those filings say. The Edge, FOMO and Potential scores on this page are derived measures with a published formula, not ratings of investment merit: they describe the setup, and every component is shown so you can take them apart. We publish no price targets and no recommendations, and nothing here should be read as advice. The figures are a starting point for your own work, and each one carries the accession number of the filing it came from.
Where does this Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. data come from?
Filings Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners III Co. submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002083910: the registration statement and final prospectus for the structure, quarterly and annual reports for the trust, current reports and proxy statements for deals, votes and extensions. Trust economics are taken from the registrant's own XBRL tags rather than parsed from prose, which is why they are exact. Every filing in the history above is listed with its accession number, which identifies the document uniquely on EDGAR; Pro accounts open it directly from the row.
Compiled by the SPACListing research desk
Last reconciled Sep 4, 2026
Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally the IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), quarterly and annual reports, current reports and proxy statements, the registrant's own XBRL tags for trust economics. Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.
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