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Autonomous aviation startup Merlin Labs will soon be soaring into the public markets now that it has signed a deal to merge with a blank-check company early next year. The terms of the deal, with a special purpose acquisition company managed by New York-based Inflection Point, values Boston-based Merlin at $800 million, prior to the results of a follow-on private purchase of shares. Merlin chief executive Matt George says the money raised by going public will…