{
  "id": 16856,
  "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/02/eric-trump-backed-space-eyes-go-public-via-638m-spac-merger",
  "title": "Eric Trump-backed Space-Eyes to go public via $638M SPAC merger",
  "summary": "Space-Eyes, a defense technology startup backed by U.S President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump, has revealed it’s planning to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company called McKinley Acquisition Corp. The deal will value the combined businesses at around $638 million, Reuters reported. Eric Trump recently became the third-largest private investor […] The post Eric Trump-backed Space-Eyes to go public via $638M SPAC merger appeared first on SiliconANGLE .",
  "authors": "Mike Wheatley",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-02T23:35:22.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-06T05:10:11.148Z",
  "source_slug": "x-siliconangle-ai",
  "source_name": "SiliconANGLE AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://siliconangle.com/category/ai/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16856",
  "original_url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/02/eric-trump-backed-space-eyes-go-public-via-638m-spac-merger",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}