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AEye to Showcase Apollo One Kilometer Lidar Integrated with NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor™ at CES to Enable Next-Generation Physical AI
PLEASANTON, Calif., January 06, 2026--AEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIDR), a global leader in software-defined lidar solutions, today announced the integration of its long-range Apollo lidar with the NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor™ automotive computing platform, to enable high-performance sensing and perception for next-generation physical AI systems.
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