Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
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Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
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 chief executive officer qualify him to serve as director. Hao Zheng will serve as the chief technology officer and a director of the Post-Closing Company upon the Closing. Mr. Zheng has served as the chief technology officer and co-founder of PlusAI since PlusAI was established in 2016. Prior to founding PlusAI, Mr. Zheng was Distinguished Architect, Head of the Beijing Research Lab and Senior Director of Engineering at Yahoo! Inc. from 2013 to 2016. From 2012 to 2013, Mr. Zheng was the founder and chief executive officer of Ztelic Inc., a startup focused on social-network data analytics, which was acquired by Yahoo! Inc. Prior to founding Ztelic Inc., Mr. Zheng was the chief technology officer, Asia at Zynga Inc, a social game development company, from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Zheng attended the Electrical Engineering undergraduate program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University, earned his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University of Wisconsin-Madison and attended the Electrical Engineering graduate program at Stanford University. We believe Mr. Zheng's perspective, technical expertise and institutional knowledge as our co-founder and chief technology officer qualify him to serve as director.

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Shawn Kerriganwill serve as the chief operating officer of the Post-Closing Company. Mr. Kerrigan has served as PlusAI’s chief operating officer since 2019 and previously served as PlusAI’s vice president of engineering beginning in 2018. Prior to joining PlusAI, Mr. Kerrigan was chief technology officer and co-founder of Locus Energy, Inc., a hardware and software company in the solar industry, from 2010 to 2018. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Kerrigan worked at Bridgewater Associates as a senior investment associate. Prior to Bridgewater Associates, Mr. Kerrigan was a consultant at McKinsey & Company from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Kerrigan earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and his Master’s and Ph.D. in Engineering with a Ph.D. minor in Computer Sciences from Stanford University.

Steven J. Spinnerwill serve as the chief financial officer of the Post-Closing Company upon the Closing. Mr. Spinner has served as the chief financial officer of PlusAI since August 2023 and previously served as the advisor to the chief executive officer for