Ticker LaunchSPAC · Merger completed
Ares Acquisition Corporation II
Business combination with Kodiak Robotics, Inc.
Ares Acquisition Corporation II is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $450M in its initial public offering on Apr 24, 2023, listing on New York Stock Exchange. It completed its business combination with Kodiak Robotics, Inc. on Sep 24, 2025; the combined company is Kodiak AI, Inc. (KDK). Citigroup led the IPO, with UBS. Kirkland & Ellis advised the SPAC and Ropes & Gray advised the underwriters on the IPO.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Apr 24, 2023
- IPO size
- $450M
- IPO exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Target
- Kodiak Robotics, Inc.
- Announced
- Apr 16, 2025
- Closed
- Sep 24, 2025
- Combined company
- Kodiak AI, Inc. (KDK)
- SPAC counsel (IPO)
- Kirkland & Ellis and Maples and Calder
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Ropes & Gray
More on this SPAC for subscribers
- Trust balance and value per share
- Redemptions at each extension and at the merger vote
- Shareholder vote date
- PIPE and other committed financing
- Merger proxy, registration statement and investor presentation
- Analyst notes from the filings
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Apr 24, 2023
- Deal announcement (8-K) Apr 16, 2025
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 1853138
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