AEye, Inc.
Pleasanton, California lidar maker founded 2013 and listed on Nasdaq; its software-defined APOLLO and STRATOS sensors detect objects up to 1-1.5 km away.
AEye, Inc. is a lidar company headquartered at 4670 Willow Road in Pleasanton, California. It was founded in 2013 and its Class A common stock trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker LIDR. Matt Fisch is chairman and chief executive, and Luis Dussan is credited as founder. The company describes its approach as software-defined lidar: scan patterns and sensing parameters are configured in software, with over-the-air updates, so a single hardware architecture can be tuned to different applications and operating environments without a redesign. Its stated markets are automotive and trucking, intelligent transportation systems, rail, aviation and aerospace, defense and security, ports and logistics, and industrial automation.
The product line has three parts. APOLLO is a palm-sized automotive lidar with detection out to about 1 km, a field of view of up to 120 degrees, angular resolution of 0.05 x 0.05 degrees and a point rate of 6.4 million points per second, in a 3.8 x 15 x 13 cm housing. It is validated as part of NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin and has been demonstrated on DRIVE AGX Thor, and the company describes it as production-ready and deployed with customers. STRATOS uses the same architecture but narrows the field of view to 30 degrees and tightens angular resolution to 0.02 x 0.03 degrees to extend detection to about 1.5 km at 1.5 million points per second. OPTIS is a full-stack system that pairs APOLLO sensors with perception software that identifies and classifies objects and an AI processor that triggers decisions and alerts; the company positions it for hazard detection, traffic-flow management and triggering tolling cameras or traffic signals, as well as rail and foreign-object detection.
Recent announcements show the spread of uses. Lunar Outpost selected APOLLO for its Pegasus Lunar Terrain Vehicle. LITEON used APOLLO to power a demonstration vehicle at InCabin Europe in September 2026. Also in September 2026, AEye agreed to integrate STRATOS with Swiftstrike AI to extend counter-UAS detection against smaller, faster drones, the collaboration reported by RobotToday. The company also refers to an unnamed Tier-1 global manufacturing partner. It publishes lidar case studies for intelligent transportation use cases and runs investor relations at investors.aeye.ai.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
STRATOS
Narrow-FOV long-range lidar on the APOLLO architecture with detection out to about 1.5 km.
OPTIS
Full-stack lidar, perception software and AI compute system that detects, classifies and triggers alerts.
Contact AEye, Inc.
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Company Facts
Founded
2013
Primary Role
Component Supplier
Company Size
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Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Public
Funding Total
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Keywords
- AEye
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- software-defined lidar
- long-range lidar
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- intelligent transportation systems
- counter-uas detection
- point cloud
- perception software
- lunar rover
- Component Supplier
- Software/Algorithm
- Perception & Vision
- Compute & Chips
- Counter Drone
- Manufacturing
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Defense & Security
- Aerospace & Space
- Automotive
