AEye, Inc.

AEye, Inc. traces its public-company origins to CF Acquisition Corp. VIII, a blank-check company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald that completed its initial public offering on Nasdaq under the ticker CFFE in 2020. The 8-K filed February 17, 2021 reflects activity surrounding the announced business combination with AEye, Inc., a developer of adaptive lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, advanced driver-assistance systems, and industrial automation applications. The merger closed in August 2021, after which the combined entity traded on Nasdaq under the ticker LIDR, placing it in the automotive technology and sensing hardware sector. Sign up on SpacDesk for full filing histories, deal timelines, and analytics on AEye and hundreds of other SPAC transactions.