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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 18, 2022.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Registration No. 333-</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>AEYE, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</I></B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><B>37-1827430</B></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 27.5pt"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>One Park Place, Suite 200</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Dublin, California</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><B>94568</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>AEye, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>AEye, Inc. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Full title of the plans)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Blair LaCorte</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>One Park Place, Suite 200</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Dublin, California 94568</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(925) 400-4366</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>With copies to:</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Christopher Forrester</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>1460 El Camino Real, 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Menlo Park, California 94025</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(650) 838-3772</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large
accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo;
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 44%; padding-left: 27.5pt"><B>Accelerated filer</B> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.5pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer</B> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 27.5pt"><B>Smaller reporting company</B> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 27.5pt"><B>Emerging growth company</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement is filed by AEye,
Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) for the purposes of (i) registering, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, 7,743,413 additional
shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) under the AEye, Inc. 2021
Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2021 EIP&#8221;) pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 EIP, which provides for annual automatic increases
in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 EIP and (ii) registering 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock
that may be offered under the AEye, Inc. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;2022 ESPP&#8221;), which was approved by our stockholders
at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 10, 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">In accordance with General Instruction E of
Form S-8, and only with respect to the Common Stock issuable under the 2021 EIP, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference
the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;)
on October 29, 2021 (Registration No. 333-260601), to the extent not superseded hereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Information required by Part I to be contained
in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the
&#8220;Note&#8221; to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants
in the 2021 EIP and in the 2022 ESPP as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 27.5pt">The following documents previously filed by
the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 31.15pt">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Registrant&#8217;s annual report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000181864422000008/0001818644-22-000008-index.htm">Form 10-K</A> for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Commission on March
28, 2022 (the &#8220;2021 10-K&#8221;), which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant&#8217;s latest fiscal year;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 31.15pt">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Registrant&#8217;s definitive proxy statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000114036122012245/0001140361-22-012245-index.htm">Schedule 14A</A> for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Commission
on March 31, 2022;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 31.5pt">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements described in (a) above;
and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 31.5pt">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the 2021 10-K, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 31.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed filed
under such provisions.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 27.5pt">For purposes of this Registration Statement,
any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 27.5pt">See the description of the Registrant&#8217;s
Common Stock contained in the 2021 10-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">None.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 27.35pt">Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (&#8220;DGCL&#8221;) permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty,
failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved
a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant&#8217;s Second Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#8220;Amended Charter&#8221;) provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of
law imposing such liability, except to the extent that the DGCL prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for
breaches of fiduciary duty.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 27.35pt">Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation
has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation
for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys&#8217;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit
or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or
proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or such other court shall deem proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 27.35pt">The Amended Charter provides that the Registrant
will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant), by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve,
at the Registrant&#8217;s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (all such persons being referred
to as an &#8220;Indemnitee&#8221;), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer,
employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered
and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid
in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such proceeding. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee under
certain circumstances.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 27.35pt">The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and officers. These indemnification agreements may require the Registrant, among other things, to
indemnify its directors and officers for some expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred
by a director or officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of the Registrant&#8217;s directors or officers,
or any of its subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the Registrant&#8217;s request.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 27.5pt">The Registrant maintains a general liability insurance
policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant&#8217;s corporation arising out of claims based on
acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 24pt">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><B>Item 8. &nbsp;Exhibits. </B></P>

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Number</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000119312521253301/d188241dex31.htm">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AEye, Inc.</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">8-K</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">8/23/2021</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">3.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.2</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000119312521253301/d188241dex32.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of AEye, Inc.</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">8-K</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">8/23/2021</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">3.2</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"><A HREF="ss1020150_ex0501.htm">Opinion of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP.</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000119312521313374/d242745dex101.htm"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE">AEye, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">10/29/2021</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"><A HREF="ss1020150_ex1002.htm">AEye, Inc. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"><A HREF="ss1020150_ex2301.htm">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">23.2</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"><A HREF="ss1020150_ex0501.htm">Consent of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">24.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="color: #0000EE"><A HREF="#PowerofAttorney">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).</A></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
the registration statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 27.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin,
State of California on the 18th day of May, 2022.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">AEYE, INC.&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.5pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Blair LaCorte</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.5pt">Blair LaCorte</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.5pt">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="PowerofAttorney"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Blair LaCorte and Robert Brown as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and to sign any related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the date indicated.&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">/s/ Blair LaCorte</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Blair LaCorte</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">May 18, 2022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">/s/ Robert Brown</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Robert Brown</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">May 18, 2022</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">/s/ Luis C. Dussan</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Luis C. Dussan</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">May 18, 2022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">/s/ Wen H. Hsieh</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Wen H. Hsieh</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">May 18, 2022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">/s/ Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">May 18, 2022</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">/s/ Timothy J. Dunn</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Timothy J. Dunn</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">May 18, 2022</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 1pt">/s/ Carol DiBattiste</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 18, 2022.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AEYE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
37-1827430
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Park Place, Suite 200
Dublin, California
94568
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
AEye, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
AEye, Inc. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Blair LaCorte
Chief Executive Officer
One Park Place, Suite 200
Dublin, California 94568
(925) 400-4366
(Name, address and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Christopher Forrester
Shearman & Sterling LLP
1460 El Camino Real, 2
nd
Floor
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 838-3772
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company"
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
x
Emerging growth company
x
If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is filed by AEye,
Inc. (the "Registrant") for the purposes of (i) registering, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, 7,743,413 additional
shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock") under the AEye, Inc. 2021
Equity Incentive Plan (the "2021 EIP") pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 EIP, which provides for annual automatic increases
in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 EIP and (ii) registering 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock
that may be offered under the AEye, Inc. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2022 ESPP"), which was approved by our stockholders
at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 10, 2022.
In accordance with General Instruction E of
Form S-8, and only with respect to the Common Stock issuable under the 2021 EIP, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference
the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
on October 29, 2021 (Registration No. 333-260601), to the extent not superseded hereby.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained
in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the
"Note" to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants
in the 2021 EIP and in the 2022 ESPP as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by
the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's annual report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Commission on March
28, 2022 (the "2021 10-K"), which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year;
(b)
The Registrant's definitive proxy statement on
Schedule 14A
for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Commission
on March 31, 2022;
(c)
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements described in (a) above;
and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the 2021 10-K, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed filed
under such provisions.
For purposes of this Registration Statement,
any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
See the description of the Registrant's
Common Stock contained in the 2021 10-K.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law ("DGCL") permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty,
failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved
a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Second Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Amended Charter") provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of
law imposing such liability, except to the extent that the DGCL prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for
breaches of fiduciary duty.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation
has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation
for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit
or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or
proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or such other court shall deem proper.
The Amended Charter provides that the Registrant
will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant), by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve,
at the Registrant's request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (all such persons being referred
to as an "Indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer,
employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered
and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid
in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such proceeding. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee under
certain circumstances.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and officers. These indemnification agreements may require the Registrant, among other things, to
indemnify its directors and officers for some expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred
by a director or officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of the Registrant's directors or officers,
or any of its subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the Registrant's request.
The Registrant maintains a general liability insurance
policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant's corporation arising out of claims based on
acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
Date
Number
Filed
Herewith
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AEye, Inc.
8-K
8/23/2021
3.1
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of AEye, Inc.
8-K
8/23/2021
3.2
5.1
Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP.
X
10.1#
AEye, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
10/29/2021
10.1
10.2#
AEye, Inc. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
X
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
X
23.2
Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
X
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).
X
107
Filing Fee Table
X
#
Management contract or compensatory plan
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1.       To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)       To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)       To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)       To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
the registration statement.
2.       That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.       To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin,
State of California on the 18th day of May, 2022.
AEYE, INC.
By:  /s/ Blair LaCorte
Blair LaCorte
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Blair LaCorte and Robert Brown as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and to sign any related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Blair LaCorte
Blair LaCorte
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 18, 2022
/s/ Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 18, 2022
/s/ Luis C. Dussan
Luis C. Dussan
Director
May 18, 2022
/s/ Wen H. Hsieh
Wen H. Hsieh
Director
May 18, 2022
/s/ Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk
Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk
Director
May 18, 2022
/s/ Timothy J. Dunn
Timothy J. Dunn
Director
May 18, 2022
/s/ Carol DiBattiste
Carol DiBattiste
Director
May 18, 2022
/s/ Sue Zeifman
Sue Zeifman
Director
May 18, 2022