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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-21-036704
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210713

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001818644
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		IRS NUMBER:				371827430
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 EAST 59TH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-938-5000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 EAST 59TH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>110 East 59th Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10022</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>VIA EDGAR</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">July 13, 2021</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Division of Corporation Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Office of Manufacturing</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">100 F Street, NE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Attention: Mindy Hooker</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Re:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Filed July 8, 2021</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>File No. 333-256058</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Dear Ms. Hooker:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>,&rdquo;
&ldquo;<U>we</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>our</U>&rdquo; or &ldquo;<U>us</U>&rdquo;) hereby transmits the Company&rsquo;s response to the comment
letter received from the staff (the &ldquo;<U>Staff</U>&rdquo;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;),
on July 12, 2021, regarding our Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-256058, filed with the Commission
on July 8, 2021.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">For the Staff&rsquo;s convenience, we have repeated
below the Staff&rsquo;s comment in bold, and have followed the Staff&rsquo;s comment with the Company&rsquo;s response.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>S-4/A filed on July 8, 2021</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"><B><U>AEye, Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"><B><U>18. Related Parties, page F-94</U></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>1.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>We note that you have included new related party footnote
disclosure in your unaudited March 31, 2021 financial statements; however, the disclosure appears to relate to the annual financial information.
If the footnote disclosure should more appropriately be included in the annual financial statements, please include it there and tell
us what consideration your auditor gave to this revision.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Response: Mr. Dussan&rsquo;s sibling was promoted to a new position effective July 1, 2021, neither the prior position nor the new position was at the executive officer level. Because the compensation paid to Mr. Dussan&rsquo;s sibling in 2019 and 2020 was not material, AEye, Inc. (&ldquo;<U>AEye</U>&rdquo;) concluded that disclosure of the related party relationship and compensation was not required in the annual financial statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As a result of the July 1, 2021 promotion, AEye reevaluated the need for disclosure of this related party relationship and additional disclosure was made to its March 31, 2021 interim financial statements, including compensation amounts from 2019 and 2020. In reaching this conclusion, AEye discussed the matter with its auditors.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing.
If you have further comments, please feel free to contact our counsel, Gary J. Simon by email at gary.simon@hugheshubbard.com or by telephone
at (212) 837-6770.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Howard W. Lutnick</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Howard W. Lutnick</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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