Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Ares Acquisition Holdings II LP 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Kodiak AI, Inc. [KDK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC, 245 PARK AVENUE, 44TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/23/2025 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10167 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/23/2025 M 12,500,000(1)(2) A (1)(2) 12,500,000 D(3)(4)(5)(6)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class A ordinary shares

(1)(2)

09/23/2025

C

12,500,000

(1)(2)

(1)(2)

Common Stock

12,500,000

(1)(2)

0

D(3)(4)(5)(6)

Warrant (Right to Buy)

$11.5

10/24/2025

09/24/2030

Common Stock

14,300,000

14,300,000(7)

D(3)(4)(5)(6)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Ares Acquisition Holdings II LP C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 245 PARK AVENUE, 44TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10167		X

Signatures

/s/Anton Feingold, as Authorized Signatory		09/25/2025
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In connection with the transactions consummated on September 24, 2025 pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated April 14, 2025 (the "Business Combination Agreement"), by and among Kodiak AI, Inc. (the "Issuer") (f/k/a Ares Acquisition Corporation II ("AACT")), AAC II Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("Merger Sub"), and Kodiak Robotics, Inc. ("Legacy Kodiak"), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Kodiak, with Legacy Kodiak as the surviving company and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the "Business Combination"), on September 23, 2025, AACT effected a deregistration under Article 47 of AACT's amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and Section 206 of the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and a domestication under Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
(2)	(Continued from footnote 1) pursuant to which AACT's jurisdiction of incorporation changed from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware. Effective upon the Domestication, the continuing entity was renamed "Kodiak AI, Inc." and the reporting person now holds shares in the Issuer, Kodiak AI, Inc., rather than in a Cayman Islands company.
(3)	Ares Acquisition Holdings II LP, the sponsor, is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership managed by affiliates of Ares Management Corporation (Ares"). Ares Acquisition Holdings II is the general partner of the sponsor. Ares Holdings L.P. is the sole shareholder of Ares Acquisition Holdings II. Ares Holdings L.P. is an indirect subsidiary of Ares. Ares Management GP LLC ("Ares Management GP") is the sole holder of the Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares (the "Ares Class B Common Stock") and Ares Voting LLC ("Ares Voting") is the sole holder of the Class C common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares (the "Ares Class C Common Stock").
(4)	(Continued from Footnote 3) Pursuant to Ares's Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of the Ares Class B Common Stock and the Ares Class C Common Stock, collectively, will generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares if certain conditions are met. The sole member of both Ares Management GP and Ares Voting is Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners"). Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael J Arougheti, R. Kipp deVeer, David B. Kaplan, Antony P. Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal. Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over board decisions.
(5)	Each of Ares Partners, Ares Management GP and Ares Voting (collectively, the "Ares Entities"), and the members of Ares Partners' board of managers and the other directors, officers, partners, stockholders, members and managers of the Ares Entities expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this Form 3 shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.
(6)	The address of each Ares Entity is 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
(7)	Represents warrants which were acquired and have been continually held since AACT's initial public offering. The warrants become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination, which will be October 24, 2025.

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