AEye, Inc., a technology company, has formally requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to accelerate the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-1, initially filed on August 5, 2024. The company seeks to have the Registration Statement become effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 9, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. This request was made in accordance with Rule 461 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933. AEye's General Counsel and Secretary, Andrew Hughes, signed the request, and the company has designated Chris Forrester of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP as the counsel to contact regarding this matter.

AEye, Inc., a technology company, has formally requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to accelerate the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-1, initially filed on August 5, 2024. The company seeks to have the Registration Statement become effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 9, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. This request was made in accordance with Rule 461 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933. AEye's General Counsel and Secretary, Andrew Hughes, signed the request, and the company has designated Chris Forrester of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP as the counsel to contact regarding this matter.