Ousted Luminar CEO Austin Russell wants to buy the company | TechCrunch
Austin Russell filed a bid via Russell AI Labs to buy Luminar, potentially merging it with another automotive technology firm to form a unified 'Luminar 2.0'.
How Luminar's doomed Volvo deal helped drag the company into bankruptcy | TechCrunch
Luminar filed for Chapter 11 after Volvo drastically cut Iris lidar sensor orders, leaving the company unable to recover from heavy manufacturing investments.