AEye, a global leader in software-defined, high-performance lidar solutions, has announced the appointment of Laura Wrisley as Chief Revenue Officer, effective August 18, 2026. Wrisley brings more than two decades of commercial leadership in data transport, lidar, and autonomous robots to her new role .
Laura Wrisley appointed Chief Revenue Officer at AEye, effective August 18, 2026.
She most recently served as CRO at Vayu Robotics (acquired by Serve Robotics), leading market strategy and commercialization.
Previously spent over four years at Velodyne Lidar as SVP of Worldwide Sales & Marketing, scaling global revenue with automotive OEMs including Ford, GM, Hyundai, and Volvo.
She also expanded Velodyne's business into robotics, drones, mapping, and defense markets.
Wrisley will lead AEye's Sales and Business Development team to execute go-to-market strategy.
AEye offers software-defined lidar solutions including Apollo, STRATOS, and the OPTIS full-stack platform.
AEye, Inc., a global leader in software-defined, high-performance lidar solutions, today announced the appointment of Laura Wrisley as Chief Revenue Officer, effective August 18, 2026 .
Ms. Wrisley brings more than two decades of commercial leadership in data transport, lidar, and autonomous robots to her new role. She most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at Vayu Robotics (subsequently acquired by Serve Robotics), where she led market strategy and commercialization for an early-stage autonomous delivery platform. Prior to that, she spent over four years at Velodyne Lidar, rising to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing, where she scaled global revenue and built commercial relationships with automotive OEMs including Ford, GM, Hyundai, and Volvo, while also expanding the business into robotics, drones, mapping, and defense markets. Her track record of translating early-stage technology into structured, repeatable commercial growth — combined with deep experience selling into automotive, defense, and industrial sensing markets — positions her to help scale AEye's go-to-market strategy .
Ms. Wrisley will lead the AEye Sales and Business Development team, with a focus on building out and delivering the go-to-market strategy and overall execution .
"Laura's track record of scaling revenue and her deep knowledge of the Physical AI market make her the right leader to convert our commercial opportunities into revenue," said AEye CEO Matt Fisch. "Her experience in both lidar and business scaling will be instrumental as we take AEye forward" .
About AEye
AEye offers a suite of unique software-defined lidar solutions that address a wide range of real-world needs including advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, security, defense, and logistics applications. AEye's flagship product, Apollo™, has been widely recognized for its small form factor and its ability to detect objects at up to one kilometer. In addition to Apollo™, AEye also offers STRATOS™ with the ability to detect objects at up to one-and-a-half kilometers as well as a full-stack solution through its OPTIS™ platform. OPTIS™ provides a complete system that captures a high-resolution 3D image of the world, interprets it, and provides direction to act upon what it sees in real-time .
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