---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-053319"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNA"
cik: "0001830214"
company_name: "Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:06:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:09:33.017304+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ginkgo Q2 revenue down 48% to $20M; wins govt contracts for autonomous labs at MIT, Caltech, Northwestern

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $20M vs $39M YoY; GAAP net loss from continuing ops ($57M) vs ($53M).
- Adjusted EBITDA ($36M) vs ($25M); cash and equivalents $302M as of June 30.
- Won contracts to build autonomous labs at MIT, Caltech, Northwestern, U of Maryland under NSF's ~$400M cloud lab network.
- New ADME-One service claims 10X cost advantage over WuXi, signed 17 customers in first 6 weeks.
- Reaffirms FY 2026 total cash burn guidance of ($150)-($125)M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-053319
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNA
- cik: 0001830214
- company_name: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:06:24+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828026053319/0001628280-26-053319-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828026053319/dna-20260805.htm

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