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Luminar sale approved despite last-minute mystery bid
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While the bid was “substantially higher,” there were “infirmities” in the offer, according to a lawyer for Luminar.
The sale of Luminar’s semiconductor division to a company called Quantum Computing Inc. was also approved.
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For DeVos, Luminar’s lidar technology is the piece MicroVision has been missing from his company’s portfolio.