Arie Rabinowitz
About Arie Rabinowitz
Arie Rabinowitz serves as Chief Executive Officer of Trailblazer Merger Corporation I (TBMC) and is the signatory CEO on the company’s 2024 and 2025 definitive proxy statements and multiple 8-K/425 filings relating to charter extensions and the Cyabra business combination process . The latest DEF 14A filings are focused on extending TBMC’s merger deadline and do not include executive compensation or performance metric sections (e.g., no “Executive Compensation” or TSR/financial performance discussions), limiting disclosure on Mr. Rabinowitz’s background, education, age, and pay-for-performance details .
Equity Ownership & Alignment
Ownership snapshot (record dates and beneficial holders)
| Metric | Sep 6, 2024 | Sep 2, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Total shares outstanding (Class A + Class B) | 9,019,500 (9,019,499 Class A; 1 Class B) | 4,499,116 (4,499,115 Class A; 1 Class B) |
| Trailblazer Sponsor Group, LLC – shares | 2,119,500 | 2,119,500 |
| Trailblazer Sponsor Group, LLC – % of outstanding | 23.5% | 47.11% |
| Arie Rabinowitz – beneficial ownership | <1% | <1% |
| Officers and directors as a group – % | 23.5% | 47.11% |
- Officers and directors (including Mr. Rabinowitz) disclaim beneficial ownership of any shares other than any pecuniary interest therein, with sponsor ownership attributed to the sponsor entity managed by the company’s chairman; Mr. Rabinowitz’s individual beneficial ownership is reported as less than 1% in both years .
Shareholder base dynamics and trust context (liquidity/float implications)
| Event/Metric | Detail |
|---|---|
| Shares redeemed at Sep 26, 2024 meeting | 4,520,384 shares redeemed at ~$11.01 per share; ~$49,774,936 withdrawn from trust on Oct 9, 2024 |
| Trust account balance per-share at Sep 2, 2025 | Approximate redemption price per share ~$11.91 based on ~$27,753,493.69 in trust and public shares outstanding at that date |
Investment Implications
- Alignment: Mr. Rabinowitz’s direct beneficial ownership is <1%, while the sponsor controls 47.11% of the vote as of Sep 2, 2025; this concentrates control and reduces public float, but suggests sponsor-driven alignment to complete a transaction before deadlines .
- Execution/timing: TBMC amended its Cyabra merger to increase the base purchase price to $106,000,000 and extended the outside date to Feb 1, 2026, signaling ongoing negotiations and timeline risk; Mr. Rabinowitz signed these disclosures as CEO .
- Liquidity and ownership concentration: The large 2024 redemptions (4.52M shares; ~$49.8M outflow) and high subsequent sponsor ownership imply a tighter float and potentially higher sensitivity to further corporate actions and extensions .
- Governance/process visibility: The 2025 DEF 14A shows extension mechanics (monthly deposits up to $100,000) and sponsor-funded trust extensions, underscoring reliance on sponsor capital to maintain runway; these mechanics are disclosed and overseen with Mr. Rabinowitz as CEO signatory .
Note: The latest DEF 14A filings are extension-focused and do not include executive compensation frameworks (base salary, bonus targets, equity grants, vesting, severance/change-in-control, clawbacks, pledging policies, or ownership guidelines); those items were not disclosed in these documents’ table of contents or sections .