DLA Piper represented AEye Inc., a developer and provider of advanced vision hardware, software and algorithms that act as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles, in its US$16 million Series A funding round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Airbus Ventures, Intel Capital, R7 Partners, Trucks Venture Capital and Tyche Partners, among other investors. 

Founded in 2013, AEye created an advanced sensory system using its solid state LiDAR scanner to provide autonomous vehicles with better vision intelligence.

The DLA Piper team representing AEye was led by partner Jonathan Axelrad and included associate Ian Hlatky (both of San Francisco).