The
deal includes $400 million of cash from Gores Metropoulos and
$170 million financing into Luminar by investors including tech
billionaire Peter Thiel and Volvo Cars Tech Fund.
Luminar makes lidar sensors and software for autonomous
vehicles.
(Reporting by Sanjana Shivdas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj
Kalluvila)
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