Luminar Technologies Stock News

In early 2023, Luminar was riding high. After going public during the pandemic and scoring a key deal with Volvo, the company had added Mercedes-Benz and Polestar as customers of its “life-saving” lidar sensors.

The company plans to sell its Luminar Semiconductors subsidiary to Quantum Computing for $110 million.

Lidar company Luminar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after months of layoffs, executive departures, and a legal fight with its largest customer, Volvo.

HOBOKEN, N.J. , Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Computing Inc.  ("QCi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, quantum optics and integrated photonics technology company, today announced that it has signed an agreement (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") to acquire Luminar Semiconductor, Inc. ("LSI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Luminar Technologies, Inc. ("Luminar") (Nasdaq: LAZR)...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luminar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAZR) (the “Company” or “Luminar”), a leading global technology company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi”) pursuant to which QCi will acquire Luminar Semiconductor, Inc. (“LSI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Luminar, in an all-cash transaction valued at $110 million. QCi i...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luminar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAZR) (the “Company” or “Luminar”), a leading global technology company, today announced that it has initiated voluntary chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”). The Company has entered chapter 11 with the support of approximately 91.3% of its first lien noteholders and app...

Luminar's financial position has deteriorated significantly in 2025, and now appears to have reached a point where the company no longer has a viable future. In particular, automotive OEMs are abandoning Luminar due to the risk of working with a supplier that is in my opinion facing the possibility of bankruptcy. Luminar is trying to cut costs and drive adoption in new verticals, but the compan...

Swedish automaker Volvo has cancelled a five-year-old contract with Luminar, the latest escalation in an increasingly-ugly brawl between the lidar sensor company and its biggest customer.