Luminar, a lidar tech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Volvo, and GoPro's founder Nick Woodman, plans to go public via a $3.4B merger with a SPAC - Gores Metropoulos said to agree on merger with Luminar — Luminar investors to retain 80% of company after Gores deal Bloomberg 2020-08-24 GoPro, Luminar, SPAC, Volvo, Gores Metropoulos, Nick Woodman, Peter Thiel, Gores Related Coverage Equity Monday: YC Demo Day, two funding rounds, and where's Palantir's S-1? TechCrunch · Alex Wilhelm Palo Alto self-driving tech unicorn Luminar to go public in $3.4B ‘blank check’ merger Silicon Valley Business … · Cromwell Schubarth Auto start-up Luminar to go public in $3.4 billion deal Reuters · Sanjana Shivdas Discussion @business @business on x Thiel-backed driverless car tech company Luminar is nearing a $3.4 billion merger with blank-check company Gores Metropoulos that will take it public https://www.bloomberg.com/...