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[Kodiak Robotics in Globe Newswire] Kodiak completes business combination with Ares Acquisition Corporation II to accelerate journey as a leading AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology company

Sep 24, 2025 |

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kodiak AI, Inc. (“Kodiak” or the “Company”), a leading provider of AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology, today announced that Kodiak Robotics, Inc. successfully completed its business combination with Ares Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE: AACT) (“AACT”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. The business combination was approved by AACT shareholders on September 23, 2025. In connection with the closing, AACT was renamed Kodiak AI, Inc. Kodiak AI, Inc.’s common stock and public warrants are expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Nasdaq”) on September 25, 2025 under the ticker symbols “KDK” and “KDKRW,” respectively. Read...

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[Ayar Labs in Telecom Review Africa] World’s first hybrid chip combines electronics, photonics, and quantum power

Sep 23, 2025 |

SAN JOSE, Calif. — [September 26, 2025] — At the 2025 TSMC North America Open Innovation Platform® (OIP) Ecosystem Forum, Alchip Technologies, the high-performance ASIC leader, and Ayar Labs, a leader in co-packaged optics (CPO) for large-scale AI workloads, unveiled a CPO solution that is designed to efficiently extend scale-up network connectivity beyond traditional rack boundaries. Read...

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[Lambda in Business Wire] Lambda and ECL bring the first hydrogen-powered NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems online

Sep 23, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lambda, the Superintelligence Cloud, today announced the deployment of the industry’s first hydrogen-powered, production-grade NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems at ECL’s Mountain View campus (MV1), a zero-water and zero-emissions off-grid modular data center that operates entirely on hydrogen fuel cells for AI inference and foundational model training with unprecedented efficiency. Read...

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