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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 1, 2026, AEye, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a commercial engagement with Lunar Outpost, Inc. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.
The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is intended to be, and shall be deemed to be, “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall be deemed incorporated by reference into the Company’s registration statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-274546 and 333-296038), including the base prospectuses and the prospectus supplements relating to the Company’s at-the-market equity offering program, and into any other effective registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, in each case to the extent provided in such registration statement or the related prospectus.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statement and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press release dated September 1, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AEye, Inc. | ||
| Dated: September 1, 2026 | By: | /s/ Siraj Husain |
| Siraj Husain | ||
| Vice President and General Counsel | ||
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