Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-004906
Chunk: 699

Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 2
Chunk 699
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 Tier 1 partners.  If we fail to remain engaged with one or more Tier 1 automotive suppliers, it may have an adverse effect on our business. The markets for lidar are projected to see significant growth in both the near and long-term. 

As is common in early-stage companies with limited operating histories, we are subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Since inception, we have incurred net losses and negative cash flows from operations and expect to continue incurring losses up to commercialization, which means we are dependent upon raising additional capital to provide the cash necessary to continue our ongoing operations. As a result, it remains critical for us to preserve cash and manage spending to extend our liquidity. We also plan to improve our liquidity position through securing additional financing, engaging with partners and OEMs, and executing on our critical milestones. However, successfully raising capital is outside of our control and there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms acceptable to us, on a timely basis, or at all.

During 2024, we raised $12,905 in gross proceeds through share issuances on our stock purchase agreements and other financing initiatives.  After year-end, we raised an additional $11,055 in gross proceeds through share issuances on our stock purchase agreements and a convertible note. We also have access to additional liquidity through our ELOC and ATM facilities. 

Partnerships and Commercialization

Our technology is designed to be a key enabler in certain Automotive and Non-Automotive market applications. Because our technology must be integrated into a broader solution by our customers, it is critical that we achieve design wins with these customers. The time to achieve a design win varies based on the market and application. We consider design wins to be critical to our future success, although the revenue that may be generated by each design win and the time necessary to achieve such a design win can vary significantly, making it difficult to predict our financial performance. In the Non-Automotive market, our strategy has been to sell our lidar solutions to customers utilizing components that are sourced, in part, from the Tier 2 automotive supply chain and assembled by our contract manufacturing partners. In the Automotive market, we will utilize a licensing model with Tier 1 suppliers that would generate a royalty for us and, hence, can be more easily replicated with multiple Tier 1 suppliers.