AEye specializes in advanced, adaptive lidar solutions designed to enhance safety, efficiency, and productivity across industries such as automotive, smart infrastructure, defense, logistics, and more. Its technology enables applications like advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), vehicle autonomy, and intelligent transportation systems. [Source]
AEye offers several lidar solutions, including Apollo (flagship long-range lidar), OPTIS (full-stack 3D perception system), and the 4Sight Intelligent Sensing Platform. These products are designed for applications in automotive, smart infrastructure, logistics, defense, and more. [Source]
AEye's lidar is software-defined, allowing real-time dynamic scan patterns, customization without hardware changes, and over-the-air updates. This enables adaptability to challenging environments and future-proofs the technology for evolving needs. [Source]
Apollo is AEye's flagship lidar product, capable of detecting objects at distances up to one kilometer. It is designed for high-performance applications such as highway autopilot, ADAS, and autonomous driving, and is now being manufactured at scale with LITEON. [Source]
The 4Sight Intelligent Sensing Platform is AEye's adaptive sensor-based operating system, delivering precise measurement imaging for dynamic applications that require safety and performance, such as autonomous vehicles and smart infrastructure. [Source]
In Q1 2025, AEye began manufacturing Apollo units with LITEON, reached the final test stage for Apollo's integration into NVIDIA's DRIVE platform, secured new customer agreements in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Defense, and progressed over 20 customer engagements toward proof-of-concept deployments. [Source: May 8, 2025]
AEye utilizes a capital-light model and works with Tier 1 suppliers like LITEON for manufacturing. This approach supports scalable production and a resilient supply chain, enabling AEye to ramp up Apollo for production at scale. [Source]
The press releases page serves as an archive for official announcements and updates about AEye's activities, achievements, and developments. [Source]
All official press releases are available on AEye's press releases page at https://www.aeye.ai/press-releases/.
Forward-looking statements are predictions or projections about future events based on current expectations and assumptions. They are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ. These statements are included to inform investors but are not guarantees of future performance. [Source]
Non-GAAP financial measures, such as non-GAAP net loss and adjusted EBITDA, exclude certain items like stock-based compensation and one-time expenses. AEye uses these measures to provide additional insight into ongoing performance and to enable more meaningful period-to-period comparisons. [Source]
AEye's investor conference calls and webcasts are accessible via the company's investor relations website at https://investors.aeye.ai/ and through direct webcast links provided in press releases. [Source]
You can contact AEye's investor relations team by emailing [email protected] or calling +1 (925) 400-4366. [Source]
AEye expects cash burn for full year 2025 to be in the range of million to million, reflecting a one-time litigation settlement and potential convertible note repayment. Excluding these, the underlying cash burn rate is consistent with previous expectations. [Source: May 8, 2025]
In Q1 2025, AEye reported a GAAP net loss of $(8.0) million ($(0.46) per share) and a non-GAAP net loss of $(5.8) million ($(0.33) per share), with cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling .9 million as of March 31, 2025. [Source: May 8, 2025]
As of March 31, 2025, AEye had .9 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, with potential liquidity of approximately million, providing runway to ramp Apollo for production at scale. [Source: May 8, 2025]
AEye faces risks such as delays in Apollo deliveries, integration challenges with NVIDIA DRIVE, slower-than-expected lidar adoption, supply chain disruptions, and evolving market and regulatory conditions. These are detailed in the "Risk Factors" section of AEye's SEC filings. [Source]
Key partners include LITEON (Tier 1 manufacturing partner for Apollo), NVIDIA (integration with DRIVE platform), Continental (sensor production), and Sanmina Corporation (assembly for non-automotive markets). [Source]
AEye serves industries including automotive, intelligent transportation systems, aviation, defense, rail, logistics, and smart infrastructure. [Source]
Notable partnerships include Continental (volume production), Sanmina Corporation (manufacturing for non-automotive markets), and NVIDIA (integration with DRIVE platform). [Source]
Key features include dynamic scan patterns, ultra-long-range detection (up to 1 km for Apollo), high resolution, adaptability to challenging environments (rain, darkness, fog), over-the-air updates, and flexible mounting options. [Source]
Yes, AEye's Apollo sensor is fully integrated with NVIDIA's DRIVE AGX platform, including DRIVE Thor, and supports various OEM integration options (behind windshield, roof, grille). [Source]
It allows for customization and scalability without hardware changes, enabling adaptation to specific customer needs and future-proofing through over-the-air updates. [Source]
AEye's lidar systems are engineered to perform reliably in adverse conditions such as rain, darkness, and fog, ensuring consistent performance and operational reliability. [Source]
Technical resources include specification sheets, white papers, validation reports, and case studies. For example, the Apollo spec sheet and white papers on lidar technology are available on the AEye resources page. [Source]
AEye addresses challenges such as early detection for enhanced safety, adaptability to diverse environments, operational efficiency, and future-proofing through software-defined lidar. [Source]
Industries such as automotive, trucking, smart infrastructure, aviation, defense, rail, and logistics can benefit from AEye's lidar technology. [Source]
Yes, case studies include pedestrian detection in challenging scenarios, obstacle avoidance, false positive reduction, abrupt stop detection, and adaptability to new challenges via software updates. See the Lidar Case Studies for ITS Use Cases for details.
AEye's software-defined lidar enables over-the-air updates, reducing the need for costly hardware changes and improving operational efficiency by minimizing unnecessary interventions (e.g., false positive reduction). [Source]
AEye's products are designed for ease of integration with existing systems, supported by comprehensive technical support, validation tools, and user education resources, enabling a quick and smooth onboarding process. [Source]
AEye's main competitors include Velodyne, Luminar, and Innoviz, each offering different approaches to lidar technology. [Source]
Velodyne offers traditional lidar with fixed scan patterns and high-resolution imaging but lacks software-defined architecture. AEye provides dynamic scan patterns, software-defined customization, and over-the-air updates for greater adaptability and future-proofing. [Source]
Luminar focuses on long-range hardware-centric lidar, while AEye offers dynamic scan patterns, adaptability to challenging environments, and flexible mounting options, along with software-defined features. [Source]
Innoviz offers solid-state lidar for automotive applications but is limited in software-defined customization. AEye's lidar is customizable without hardware changes, offers over-the-air updates, and provides ultra-long-range detection and high resolution. [Source]
AEye offers dynamic scan patterns, software-defined customization, future-proof design with over-the-air updates, high performance, and flexible placement options, providing scalability, adaptability, and efficiency for diverse user segments. [Source]
AEye provides direct technical support, validation testing tools, and comprehensive training resources, including documentation, tutorials, and hands-on sessions, to ensure smooth and efficient onboarding. [Source]
Implementation timelines vary by use case, but AEye's focus on ease of integration, technical support, and validation tools ensures a quick and efficient start for most customers. [Source]
Customers benefit from ease of integration, comprehensive technical support, user education, and validation tools, making onboarding smooth and efficient. [Source]
First Apollo units manufactured with Tier 1 supplier partner
Advanced integration into NVIDIA DRIVE platform
Secured new customer engagements
PLEASANTON, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) – May 8, 2025 – AEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIDR), a global leader in adaptive, high performance lidar solutions, today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
Matt Fisch, AEye CEO, said “AEye hit several key milestones in the first quarter, paving the way for our future growth. We achieved a critical step toward mass production of Apollo, with the first units coming off the manufacturing line of our Tier 1 supplier partner, LITEON. We’ve entered into the final independent testing phase for NVIDIA’s DRIVE platform, deepening our engagement with a key player in the automotive industry. Additionally, Apollo’s adaptability and unmatched range are opening doors in markets beyond automotive, helping us expand our pipeline as we engage new customers across a range of applications.”
“We’re attracting new growth capital as we reach these milestones at a remarkable pace, highlighted by the $24 million we’ve raised over the past 14 months. I look forward to maintaining this momentum as we capture demand across industries where performance, programmability, and reliability are critical.”
“We ended the first quarter of 2025 with $25.9 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. Our potential liquidity now stands at approximately $74 million, which should provide us with the runway needed to ramp Apollo for production at scale. Backed by our capital-light model and resilient supply chain, we are well-prepared to navigate evolving global market dynamics while we capture new customer opportunities and expand Apollo’s market share,” said Conor Tierney, AEye CFO.
AEye now expects cash burn for full year 2025 to be in the range of $27 million to $29 million. This increase, compared to the previously disclosed full year 2025 cash burn outlook of $25 million, reflects a one-time litigation settlement expense and the potential cash repayment of a portion of the outstanding convertible note. Excluding the impact of these costs, AEye’s underlying cash burn rate is consistent with previous expectations.
AEye management will webcast its investor conference call today, May 8, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss these results. AEye CEO Matt Fisch and CFO Conor Tierney will host the call, followed by a question-and-answer session.
The webcast and accompanying slides will be accessible via the company’s website at https://investors.aeye.ai/.
Access is also available via:
Webcast: https://aeye.pub/3Emht31
AEye’s unique software-defined lidar solution enables advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, and logistics applications that save lives and propel the future of transportation and mobility. AEye’s 4Sight™ Intelligent Sensing Platform, with its adaptive sensor-based operating system, focuses on what matters most: delivering faster, more accurate, and reliable information. AEye’s 4Sight™ products, built on this platform, are ideal for dynamic applications which require precise measurement imaging to ensure safety and performance.
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The non-GAAP financial measures provided in this press release should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial data is included in the supplemental financial data attached to this press release. Non-GAAP financial measures do not have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. AEye considers these non-GAAP financial measures to be important because they provide additional insight into the Company’s on-going performance. The Company provides this information to help investors evaluate the results of the Company’s on-going operations and to enable more meaningful and consistent period-to-period comparisons. Non-GAAP financial measures are presented only as supplemental information to understand the Company’s operating results. The non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP.
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Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, statements about the ability to mass produce the Apollo product, the testing for the integration of Apollo into the Nvidia DRIVE platform, the availability of markets for the Apollo product outside of automotive, the Company’s expectations regarding future cash burn and the anticipated reduction in cash burn throughout 2025, and the potential liquidity available to AEye from its existing financial instruments, among others. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as and must not be relied on by an investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction, or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are very difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from the assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of AEye. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) the risks that Apollo B-sample deliveries to automotive OEMs expected to occur during the second quarter 2025 may be delayed, or at all; (ii) the risks that Apollo may not be integrated into Nvidia’s DRIVE platform in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (iii) the risks that Apollo, whether or not integrated into Nvidia’s DRIVE platform, may not be widely adopted in ADAS and autonomous driving platforms to the extent, or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (iv) the risk that the proof-of-concept engagements may not prove product applicability to the non-automotive use cases to the extent anticipated, or at all; (v) the risk that the proof-of-concept engagements may not result in the further sales of products to these or any other non-automotive customers; (vi) the risks that the milestones achieved in the first quarter may not pave the way for future growth to the extent anticipated, or at all; (vii) the risks that LITEON may not be able to mass produce units of Apollo to the extent, or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (viii) the risks that Apollo may not be adaptable to markets beyond automotive to the extent anticipated, or at all; (ix) the risks that AEye may be unable to continue to attract growth capital to the extent anticipated, or at all; (x) the risks that AEye’s total potential liquidity may not amount to approximately $74 million as AEye may not be in a position to draw on one or more of the financial instruments upon which the $74 million projection is based, as minimum market conditions must exist in order for AEye to realize all of such potential liquidity; (xi) the risks that the potential liquidity may not be sufficient to provide AEye with the runway needed to produce or commercialize Apollo at scale; (xii) the risks that the capital-light model and resilient supply chain may not be sufficient to allow AEye to navigate the evolving global market dynamics, capture new customer opportunities or expand Apollo’s market share to the extent anticipated, or at all; (xiii) the risks that the cash burn for full year 2025 may exceed $29 million due to unanticipated expenses, including repayment of the convertible note in cash rather than equity; (xiv) the risks that market conditions may create delays in the demand for commercial lidar products beyond AEye’s expectations, if at all; (xv) the risks that lidar adoption occurs slower than anticipated or fails to occur at all; (xvi) the risks that AEye’s products may not meet the diverse range of performance and functional requirements of target markets and customers; (xvii) the risks that AEye’s products may not function as anticipated by AEye, or by target markets and customers; (xviii) the risks that AEye may not be in a position to adequately or timely address either the near or long-term opportunities that may or may not exist in the evolving autonomous transportation industry; (xix) the risks that laws and regulations are adopted impacting the use of lidar that AEye is unable to comply with, in whole or in part; (xx) the risks associated with changes in competitive and regulated industries in which AEye operates, variations in operating performance across competitors, and changes in laws and regulations affecting AEye’s business; (xxi) the risks that AEye is unable to adequately implement its business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; (xxii) the risks that AEye’s business operations, product development, and commercialization efforts may be adversely affected by its dependence on key third-party partners and suppliers and that any disruption, delay, or deterioration in such relationships, or the inability of such partners to perform as expected, could materially impact AEye’s ability to manufacture, integrate, or deliver its products on schedule or at the anticipated scale; and (xxiii) the risks of economic downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive and evolving industry in which AEye operates. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by current or future global conflicts and current and potential trade restrictions, trade tensions, and tariffs, all of which continue to cause economic uncertainty. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the periodic report that AEye has most recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and other documents filed by us or that will be filed by us from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.
Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements; AEye assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. AEye gives no assurance that AEye will achieve any of its expectations.
References to third-party companies in this press release are for informational purposes only to describe AEye’s current business activities. These references do not imply any endorsement, partnership, or guarantee by such third parties regarding AEye’s products, business, or financial performance.
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