(NYSE:AACT) NEW YORK & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE: AACT) (“AACT”) and Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Kodiak”) announced today that on August 29, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) declared effective the Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), that AACT and Kodiak jointly filed in connection with the previously announced proposed business combination (the “proposed business c