Merlin Labs Announces Strategic Partnership With GE Aerospace To Develop AI-Enabled Autonomy Platform Ahead Of SPAC Merger

As previously disclosed, on August 13, 2025, Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (which will be renamed Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. IV) ("Inflection Point"), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the "Business Combination Agreement"), with IPDX Merger Sub, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Inflection Point ("Merger Sub"), and Merlin Labs, Inc., a leading developer of assured, autonomous flight technology for defense customers ("Merlin Labs"), pursuant to which, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Merlin Labs, with Merlin Labs continuing as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inflection Point (the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the "Business Combination").

On September 23, 2025, Merlin Labs issued a press release announcing a strategic partnership (the "Strategic Partnership") with GE Aerospace ("GE Aerospace") to pursue autonomy core development. This next-generation autonomy and pilot-assist platform will be designed to bring AI-enabled capabilities to existing and future military and civil aircraft and meet the growing demand for crew reduction and uncrewed flight capabilities. Merlin Labs believes the Strategic Partnership complements Merlin Labs' and GE Aerospace's capabilities and technologies and that GE Aerospace's proven expertise in flight management systems and open system architecture, coupled with Merlin Labs' autonomy software suite, avionics packages, and Datalink solutions, will provide operators with a scalable, certifiable, and future-ready solution to meet the growing demand for crew reduction, SPO, and uncrewed flight capabilities.