** Lidar sensor maker AEye Inc's LIDR.O shares drop nearly
15% to $5.55 premarket
** Late on Thursday, co reported net loss of 15 cents/shr
for Q3, much higher than the 4 cents/shr loss a year earlier
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** Losses driven by a two-fold jump in operating expenses,
as the company spent 345% on sales and marketing - statement
** Total revenue also slumped to $127,000, from $1.1 mln a
year earlier
** Earlier this year, the company went public through a
merger with a blank-check company backed by Cantor Fitzgerald
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru)
((Niket.Nishant@thomsonreuters.com;))