UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2025

AEYE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (925) 400-4366

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Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K, originally filed by AEye, Inc. (the “Company”) on May 1, 2025 (the “Original Form 8-K”), is being filed solely to correct the aggregate amount of consulting fees previously disclosed as paid to Doron Simon and his consulting entity under Item 5.02. The Original Form 8-K incorrectly stated that the Company paid aggregate consulting fees of $456,000 to Mr. Simon and his consulting entity. The correct aggregate amount of consulting fees paid from June 2023 through March 2025 is $261,000. No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original 8-K.

On April 29, 2025 (the “Appointment Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AEye, Inc. appointed Doron Simon, effective as of the Appointment Date, as a Class II director, which term will expire at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, and to serve on the Strategic Finance and M&A Committee.

Prior to his appointment as a director, Mr. Simon, directly and through his consulting entity, provided consulting services to the Company. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and Mr. Simon and his consulting entity entered into a consulting agreement, dated as of May 14, 2023, as amended from time to time, pursuant to which the Company (i) paid Mr. Simon and his consulting entity aggregate fees of $261,000 from June 2023 through March 2025 and (ii) granted Mr. Simon 33,970 restricted stock units, which have fully vested. The consulting agreement with Mr. Simon is expected to be terminated on or before May 14, 2025.

Mr. Simon will receive compensation for his service through the 2026 annual meeting in accordance with the Company’s standard compensation policies and practices for non-employee directors of the Board, which is described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 7, 2025.

Other than as described above, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Simon and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company. Mr. Simon has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers and, other than as disclosed above, is not a party to any transactions of the type listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Simon, consistent with the form of indemnification agreement the Company has executed with each of the Company’s directors, the full text of which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on August 23, 2021 as Exhibit 10.2 to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.