Author Bio Evan is a senior technology specialist at The Motley Fool. He was previously a senior trading specialist at Charles Schwab, and worked briefly at Tesla. Evan graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a CFA charterholder. Follow @TMFNewCow What happened Shares of Artius Acquisition (Nasdaq: AACQ) (NASDAQ:AACQ.U) have popped today, up by 16% as of 11:15 a.m. EST, following a Bloomberg report from Friday evening that the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is in talks to merge with Origin Materials. Negotiations are ongoing and may not result in a deal, according to the report.