Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0000947871-25-000481
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Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: DEFA14A
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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )</div>

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Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |

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| ☐ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

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| ☐ | Soliciting Material under § 240.14a-12 |

<div align='center'>AEye, Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other
than the Registrant)</div>

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| ☒ | No fee required |

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On May 9, 2025, AEye, Inc. (the “Company”)
shared the following material with the Company’s stockholders, which contain information pertaining to the Company’s upcoming
annual stockholder meeting.

<div align='center'>AEye Sends Letter Urging Stockholders to Vote the WHITEProxy Card</div>

Dear Fellow Stockholders,

Protect your investment by voting TODAY on the WHITE proxy
card “FOR” AEye’s highly qualified nominees, Timothy Dunn and Sue Zeifman, “FOR” Proposals
2 and 3, and “WITHHOLD” on all the stockholder proposals (including Proposals 4 and 5) submitted by the Dissident Group
at our Annual Meeting on May 15, 2025.

Leading independent proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis provided strong
endorsements of our current Board and management with recommendations to vote on the Company’s WHITE proxy card and
“WITHHOLD”on the Dissident Group’s nominees.

Below are the facts in response to the Dissident Group’s
recent misleading statements:

| Misleading Dissident Claims                                                     | The Facts – Our Response                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| X Current Board and