Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

Sugar Land, Texas – October 05, 2026 -- Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ: AAOI) has completed a $600 million at-the-market equity offering, selling 5,694,845 shares at an average price of $105.36 to net $587,999,985.89 for the company.

AOI raises $588 million through third ATM program of 2026

The offering, disclosed on August 21, 2026 via a prospectus supplement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marks the company's third at-the-market equity raise this year. AOI confirmed the program's completion today, closing a capital-raising effort aimed at funding its optical networking manufacturing expansion.

Sugar Land, Texas – September 25, 2026 -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) will showcase a live 3.0GHz proof-of-concept demo at next week's SCTE TechExpo in Atlanta, pushing cable network capacity planning beyond the industry's current DOCSIS 4.0 target of 1.8GHz.

The demo, called Quantum30, runs at booth H1448 during the event from September 29 to October 2 and demonstrates live downstream operation at 3.0GHz over a coaxial plant using a concept amplifier, SC-QAMs, OFDM channels, and a 3.0GHz DOCSIS signal generator.