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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-26-010785
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260323
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260323
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20260323

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Luminar Technologies, Inc./DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001758057
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				831804317
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-272575
		FILM NUMBER:		26783204

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2603 DISCOVERY DRIVE, SUITE 100
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32826
		BUSINESS PHONE:		407-900-5259

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2603 DISCOVERY DRIVE, SUITE 100
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32826

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Luminar Technologies, Inc./FL
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20201203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Gores Metropoulos, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20181102
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2026</div>
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    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-253658</div>
    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-265752</div>
    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-272575</div>
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    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-280049</div>
    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-286311</div>
    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-289003</div>
    <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-289005</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-253658</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-265752</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-272575</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-272577</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-280049</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-286311</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-289003</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-289005</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Under</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">Luminar Technologies, Inc.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 5.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2015 Stock Plan</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Luminar Technologies, Inc. Management Longer Term Equity Incentive Plan</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Luminar 401(k) of Luminar Technologies, Inc.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Non-Plan Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Award &#8211; Time-Based Vesting, Fully Vested, and Performance-Based Vesting</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 5.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Full titles of plans)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">151 Gibraltar Court</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Sunnyvale, California</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Address of principal executive offices)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Paul Ricci</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">151 Gibraltar Court</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Sunnyvale, California 94089</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Name and address agent for service)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">94089</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Copies to:</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges LLP</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">767 5th Ave</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New York, NY 10153</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(212) 310-8000</div>
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      <div style="font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9744;</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9746;</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Smaller reporting company</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9746;</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Emerging growth company</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
        Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221;), filed by Luminar Technologies, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), relates to each of the
        following Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed by the Registrant (collectively, the &#8220;Registration Statements&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;):</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>Registration</u></div>
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>No.</u></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>Date Filed With</u></div>
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>the SEC</u></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>Name of Equity Plan</u></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>Number of Shares of Class A</u></div>
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>Common Stock Originally</u></div>
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u>Registered</u></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-253658</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">02/26/2021</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2015 Stock Plan</div>
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            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">16,224,474*</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-253658</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">02/26/2021</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">36,588,278*</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-253658</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">02/26/2021</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7,317,655*</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-253658</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">02/26/2021</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. Management Longer Term Equity Incentive Plan</div>
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            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">25,818,749*</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-265752</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">06/22/2022</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</div>
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            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">36,000,000*</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-272575</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">06/09/2023</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar 401(k) of Luminar Technologies, Inc.</div>
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            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1,500,000*</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-272577</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">06/09/2023</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">18,358,365*</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-280049</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">06/07/2024</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">40,991,566*</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-286311</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">04/01/2025</div>
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            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,073,584</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-289003</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">07/28/2025</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Non-Plan Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Award &#8211; Time-Based Vesting, Fully Vested, and Performance-Based Vesting</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 16.78%; vertical-align: middle;">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2,109,546</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">333-289005</div>
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            <td style="width: 12%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">07/28/2025</div>
            </td>
            <td style="width: 59.37%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luminar Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan</div>
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