6 August 2026

Figma CEO Dylan Field forfeits ~$46M in stock awards to revive investor confidence amid AI disruption fears; FIG is down ~77% from its peak more than a year ago (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Figma CEO Dylan Field forfeits ~$46M in stock awards to revive investor confidence amid AI disruption fears; FIG is down ~77% from its peak more than a year ago  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 17.59% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English

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Sources: Panthalassa, which aims to power data centers in the ocean using energy generated by waves, is raising $225M at a ~$2B valuation, up from $1B in May (Julia Hornstein/The Information)

Julia Hornstein / The Information:
Sources: Panthalassa, which aims to power data centers in the ocean using energy generated by waves, is raising $225M at a ~$2B valuation, up from $1B in May  —  AI data centers need boatloads of power, a need that's set off a flood of investment into startups harnessing nuclear or solar energy to run the servers.

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Sources: Nscale told potential backers it generated $100M+ in Q2 revenue, up from $37M in Q1, and has $51B in contracts, ahead of a possible September US IPO (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Sources: Nscale told potential backers it generated $100M+ in Q2 revenue, up from $37M in Q1, and has $51B in contracts, ahead of a possible September US IPO  —  Nscale is telling prospective investors it has about $51 billion of total contracted revenue ahead of a US initial public offering …

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Scientists trained AI on genetic sequences to design viruses not found in nature, yielding viable viruses that can infect bacteria but pose no threat to humans (Carl Zimmer/New York Times)

Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Scientists trained AI on genetic sequences to design viruses not found in nature, yielding viable viruses that can infect bacteria but pose no threat to humans  —  Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes.

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Suno plans to adopt new watermarking and fingerprinting tech, transparency tools, and a new download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Suno plans to adopt new watermarking and fingerprinting tech, transparency tools, and a new download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks  —  The company is changing its download policy and rolling out new watermarking technology. … Suno announced plans to implement …

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