The partnership aims to integrate Flasheye’s advanced real-time 3D perception software with AEye’s OPTIS™ platform, creating a full-stack 3D visual awareness system. This system delivers real-time detection and analysis for critical use cases in infrastructure, transportation, and safety applications. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
The partnership delivers a scalable, intelligent system capable of detecting objects up to one kilometer away, enhancing safety and efficiency in airport safety, transportation logistics, and perimeter security. It also offers a unified hardware and software platform for multiple markets and use cases. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
The partnership targets industries such as airport safety, transportation logistics, and perimeter security, with real-world deployments already underway. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
AEye’s strategy is to align with innovators who complement its strengths. The partnership with Flasheye enables AEye to offer smarter, more cost-effective solutions that address safety and efficiency challenges for customers globally. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
Flasheye provides lightweight and modular edge perception software, which, when combined with AEye’s software-defined Apollo sensor, enables a unified hardware and software platform for multiple markets and use cases. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
The press release includes forward-looking statements regarding the anticipated benefits of the partnership, performance expectations, and market opportunities. These statements are based on current assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties, as detailed in AEye’s filings with the SEC. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
You can contact AEye’s Investor Relations at [email protected] or call +1 (925) 400-4366. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
AEye is headquartered at 4670 Willow Road, Suite 125, Pleasanton, CA 94588. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
To speak with a sales representative for Korea, email [email protected]. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
All official press releases are available on AEye’s press releases page. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
OPTIS™ is AEye’s full-stack solution that captures a high-resolution 3D image of the world, interprets it, and provides direction to act upon what it sees in real-time. It is designed for advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, security, and logistics applications. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
Apollo is AEye’s flagship software-defined lidar sensor, recognized for its small form factor and ability to detect objects up to one kilometer away. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
Flasheye develops world-leading perception software for 3D sensors, enabling systems to interpret 3D sensor data in real time. Their technology is designed for demanding environments and is now expanding into new sectors. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
The partnership enhances AEye’s OPTIS™ platform by integrating Flasheye’s perception engine, resulting in a more intelligent, scalable, and unified solution for real-time 3D detection and analysis. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
Risks include the possibility that the integration may not deliver the expected benefits or market acceptance, delays in adoption, or challenges in meeting diverse market requirements. These risks are detailed in AEye’s SEC filings. (Source: AEye Press Release, Sep 3, 2025)
AEye’s software-defined lidar allows for real-time customization and adaptability without hardware changes, unlike traditional lidar systems with fixed scan patterns. This enables dynamic focus on critical areas and future-proofing through over-the-air updates. (Source: AEye Products Page)
Key features include dynamic scan patterns, ultra-long-range detection (up to one kilometer), high resolution, adaptability to challenging environments (rain, darkness, fog), over-the-air updates, and flexible mounting options. (Source: AEye Products Page)
Industries include automotive, trucking, smart infrastructure, aviation, defense, rail, and logistics. (Source: AEye Resources)
Use cases include pedestrian detection in challenging scenarios, obstacle avoidance, false positive reduction, abrupt stop detection, and cargo protrusion detection. (Source: AEye Resources)
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: AEye Products Page)
Technical resources include specification sheets, white papers, validation reports, and case studies. For example, the Apollo spec sheet and ITS use case studies are available on the AEye website. (Source: AEye Resources)
AEye’s lidar offers dynamic scan patterns, software-defined customization, over-the-air updates, and high performance, while competitors often use fixed scan patterns and hardware-focused approaches. Each company has different strengths; for example, Velodyne focuses on high-resolution imaging, Luminar on long-range hardware, and Innoviz on solid-state lidar for automotive applications. (Source: AEye Company Context)
Notable customers and partners include Continental, Sanmina Corporation, and NVIDIA. These organizations use AEye’s lidar for automotive, manufacturing, and AI platform integration. (Source: AEye Website)
AEye’s products are designed for ease of integration, with comprehensive technical support, user education, and validation testing tools to ensure a smooth and efficient onboarding process. (Source: AEye Company Context)
Success stories include enhanced pedestrian detection, real-time obstacle avoidance, and improved operational efficiency in logistics and smart infrastructure. Case studies are available on the AEye website. (Source: AEye Resources)
AEye supports integrations with platforms like NVIDIA DRIVE AGX and offers flexible OEM integration options for various vehicle placements. (Source: AEye Press Release)
Customers have access to direct technical support, extensive documentation, tutorials, and hands-on training to facilitate implementation and troubleshooting. (Source: AEye Company Context)
AEye’s lidar can differentiate between real and false obstacles in challenging conditions, reducing unnecessary braking or maneuvers and improving operational efficiency. (Source: AEye Use Case)
Case studies are available on the AEye website, including a dedicated document for ITS use cases: Lidar Case Studies for ITS Use Cases.
The software-defined architecture allows for customization and scalability without hardware changes, enabling adaptation to specific customer needs and future-proofing through over-the-air updates. (Source: AEye Products Page)
PLEASANTON, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 3, 2025 — AEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIDR), a global leader in software-defined, high-performance lidar solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Flasheye, a pioneer in real-time 3D perception software. By integrating Flasheye’s advanced perception engine into the recently launched OPTIS™ platform, AEye is delivering on their commitment to create a full-stack 3D visual awareness system that delivers real-time detection and analysis across critical use cases in infrastructure, transportation, and safety applications.
“Our partnership with Flasheye combines AEye’s ultra long-range, software-definable lidar with their perception technology to deliver a highly scalable, intelligent system capable of detecting objects up to one kilometer away. I am excited to say that we have already begun to deliver this powerful solution in real-world deployments across airport safety, transportation logistics, and perimeter security.”
“This partnership reflects our strategy of aligning with innovators who complement our strengths. Alongside Flasheye, we can offer a smarter, more cost-effective solution that helps customers solve safety and efficiency challenges today,” said Matt Fisch, CEO of AEye.
Gustav Nordlund, CEO of Flasheye, said, “This partnership marks an important milestone for Flasheye. By combining AEye’s software-defined Apollo sensor with our lightweight and modular edge perception software, we can address multiple markets and use cases while keeping a unified hardware and software platform. AEye’s approach to partnerships aligns closely with Flasheye’s way of working, and together we look forward to delivering value to customers globally.”
AEye offers unique software-defined lidar solutions that enable advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, security, and logistics applications that save lives and propel the future of transportation and mobility. AEye’s flagship product, Apollo, has been widely recognized for its small form factor and its ability to detect objects at up to one kilometer. In addition to Apollo as a stand-alone sensor, AEye also offers a full-stack solution through its OPTIS™ platform. OPTIS™ provides a complete system that captures a high-resolution 3D image of the world, interprets it, and provides direction to act upon what it sees in real-time.
Flasheye develops world-leading perception software for 3D sensors, making your systems understand what 3D sensors are seeing. The vision is to unlock the potential of high-capacity sensors in any environment, making them accessible and installable by anyone, on a larger scale. We aim to drive innovation and efficiency across industries, making autonomous operations a reality. Flasheye started in the mining industry where the requirements are demanding and challenging and is now growing in new sectors and beyond.
Certain statements included in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are sometimes accompanied by words such as “believe,” “continue,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “predict,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends, or that are not statements of historical matters. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, statements about the benefits anticipated to result from the strategic partnership of AEye and Flasheye, the performance expectations associated with the combination of AEye’s hardware and Flasheye’s software, and the potential market opportunity across airport safety, transportation logistics, and perimeter security, 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 the integration of Flasheye’s advanced perception engine into AEye’s recently launched OPTIS™ platform may not deliver a full-stack 3D visual awareness system that delivers real-time detection and analysis to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (ii) the risks that the partnership with Flasheye may not deliver a highly scalable, intelligent system capable of detecting objects up to one kilometer away to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (iii) the risks that the real-world deployments of this powerful solution that have begun may not result in market acceptance to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (iv) the risks that the smarter, more cost-effective solution offered may not help customers solve safety and efficiency challenges to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (v) the risks that the combination of the Apollo sensor and modular edge perception software may not address multiple markets or use cases, while keeping a unified hardware and software platform, to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (vi) the risks that lidar adoption may occur slower than anticipated or fail to occur at all; (vii) the risks that AEye’s products may not meet the diverse range of performance and functional requirements of target markets and customers; (viii) the risks that AEye’s products may not function as anticipated by AEye, or by target markets and customers; (ix) 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; (x) 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; (xi) 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; (xii) the risks that AEye is unable to adequately implement its business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; and (xiii) 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. 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.
Investors 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.
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