Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-004906
Chunk: 79

Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 79
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 has an initial exercise price of $2.22, and is exercisable after the six month and one day anniversary of its issuance (the “Initial Exercisability Date”) until for four years following the Initial Exercisability Date.

Key Factors Affecting Our Operating Results

We believe that our future performance and success depends to a substantial extent on our ability to capitalize on the opportunities described herein, which in turn are subject to significant risks and challenges, including those discussed below and the risk factors described in the “Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We are subject to those risks common in the technology industry and also those risks common to early stage companies including, but not limited to:

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      the possibility of not being able to successfully develop or commercialize our products; 

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      securing additional capital in a timely manner in order to meet operating cash flow needs; doing so on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, which may be challenging given the current capital markets and overall macroeconomic conditions; 

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      maintain and establish relationships with one or more Tier 1 automotive suppliers to facilitate "design wins" with potential end customers, which in our case are automotive OEMs; 

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      develop and protect our intellectual property; 

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      comply with existing and new or modified laws and regulations applicable to our business; 

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      maintain and enhance the value of our reputation and brand; 

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      hire, integrate, and retain talented people at all levels of our organization; and 

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      successfully develop new solutions to enhance the experience of, and deliver value to, our customers. 

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Market Trends and Uncertainties

We anticipate growing demand for our 4SightTM Intelligent Sensing Platform across two major markets, Automotive and Non-Automotive. We believe this expected growth will allow us to capture market share as well as pursue specialized opportunities like highway autonomous driving applications that benefit from our products. We anticipate concentrating on the Automotive market by more effectively leveraging our business model, focusing on advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, autonomous driving, and commercial trucking. In addition, we will look for opportunities in the Non-Automotive market, such as in the railway, security, and intelligent transportation systems, or ITS segments. This strategy provides us with multiple opportunities for sustained growth by enabling new applications and product features across these market segments. However, as our customers