Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 135

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 135
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 competitiveness, prospects, business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

Our OEM partners and their customers, or the industry more generally, may delay, scale back or deprioritize the necessary investment required for the adoption of our technology or autonomous technology generally.

Adoption of our technology, and autonomous technology generally, involves significant changes to the manufacture and operation of trucks. Our business model is dependent on our OEM partners’ ability to sell vehicles fitted with our technology to their end fleet customers. Accordingly, our future growth is dependent on the demand for, and end fleets’ willingness to adopt, autonomous driving solutions for their trucking needs as well as regulation

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of autonomous driving solutions. If demand for our technology by our OEM partners and their customers is not as we anticipate, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be harmed. Our OEM partners and their customers, or the industry more generally, may delay, scale back or deprioritize the necessary investment required for the adoption of our technology or autonomous technology generally. The amount of time and capital required for our OEM partners to retool their manufacturing facilities to produce autonomous vehicles that utilize autonomous technology is significant. Our OEM partners and their customers, and the industry generally, may delay, scale back or deprioritize this investment due to financial constraints, a desire to evaluate or pursue alternative technologies, adverse safety incidents (whether involving our technology or that of a competitor), adverse publicity, political, employee or organized labor pressures, and ethical concerns regarding the use of artificial intelligence, among others. And delay in the adoption of our technology, or autonomous technology generally, could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are highly dependent on the services of our senior management team and, specifically, our Co-Founders. If we are not successful in retaining our senior management team or in attracting and retaining other highly qualified personnel, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be harmed.

We are highly dependent on the continued services of our senior management team, which has extensive experience in the autonomous driving industry. The loss of any one or more members of our senior management team, for any reason, including resignation or retirement, could impair our ability to execute our business strategy and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In particular, we are highly dependent on our co-founders, who remain deeply involved in all aspects of our business, including product development. If our co-founders ceased to be involved with