---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819142-23-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SES"
cik: "0001819142"
company_name: "SES AI Corp"
filed_at: "2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T23:44:38.668952+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Robert Friedland retires from SES AI board of directors

## Summary
- Effective March 15, 2023; no disagreement with company cited.
- Friedland joined board in Feb. 2022 after SES's SPAC merger with Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition.
- No replacement named; SES seeking director with EV, battery and AI expertise.
- Friedland helped launch first 100Ah Li-Metal cell and build three A-sample lines in 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819142-23-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SES
- cik: 0001819142
- company_name: SES AI Corp
- filed_at: 2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000038/0001819142-23-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000038/ses-20230315x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819142-23-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819142-23-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819142-23-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Friedland resigned as Director at SES AI Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 15, 2023, Robert Friedland resigned from the Board of Directors of SES AI Corporation (the “Company”) with immediate effect.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000038/0001819142-23-000038-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.