8-K: Current report
Published on July 29, 2026
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 23, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Deep Fission, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), modified the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy as follows, to better align the compensation provided with market practice:
| · | Increased the value of the annual equity award to $175,000; |
| · | Increased the value of the initial award provided to newly appointed directors to $350,000; |
| · | Increased retainers for the chairs of committees to $25,000 for the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”) and $15,000 for the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “NomGov Committee”); and |
| · | Added retainers for committee members in the amount of $10,000 for the Audit Committee, $7,500 for the Compensation Committee and $5,000 for the NomGov Committee. |
The Board and the Compensation Committee also approved an additional retainer for an independent chair of the Board or for a lead independent director, as applicable, in the event that an independent chair or lead independent director is appointed.
All incremental amounts provided under the modified policy will be provided entirely through additional grants of restricted stock units, subject to a one-year vesting condition, until otherwise determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (as amended) | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (Inline XBRL) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| DEEP FISSION, INC. | |
| Date: July 29, 2026 | /s/ Jon Gordon |
| Jon Gordon | |
| General Counsel & Secretary |