Highlights

  • FortifAI Limited (ASX:FTI) traded at $0.650, up 0.78% at the time of writing on 6 August 2026.
  • The stock recorded an intraday range of $0.580 to $0.665, with 1.27 million shares traded.
  • FortifAI announced global testing of its NOL8 V1.0 AI Data Plane across Sydney, Tokyo and Virginia.
  • Testing reported NOL8 processing 34 terabytes per day compared with 2.6 terabytes per day for legacy software in the company’s benchmark.
  • FortifAI plans continued global scaling of NOL8 with design partners across the Megaport network.

FortifAI Limited shares traded slightly higher on Thursday as investors assessed the company’s latest update on its artificial intelligence infrastructure platform, NOL8. At the time of writing on 6 August 2026, FortifAI shares were trading at $0.650, up $0.005 or 0.78% from the previous close of $0.645.

The movement followed the company’s 3 August 2026 announcement outlining results from global testing of the NOL8 V1.0 AI Data Plane across a multi-continent Megaport network. The testing covered AI data workflows across locations in Virginia, Sydney and Tokyo, with the company reporting results across performance, governance and infrastructure efficiency measures.

FTI Share Price and Trading Activity

FortifAI shares traded between $0.580 and $0.665 during the session, compared with the previous close of $0.645. Trading volume reached 1,273,724 shares, slightly above the average volume of 1,202,730 shares.

The company’s 52-week share price range was between $0.110 and $1.260. FortifAI was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 21 April 2021 and operates within the Media & Entertainment industry group.

FortifAI focuses on artificial intelligence and advanced computing technologies through its subsidiary Nol8, while also maintaining a portfolio of video game assets. The company’s NOL8 platform is designed to manage AI data workflows by applying governance policies and delivering data to AI systems.

NOL8 Platform Tested Across Three Continents

In its 3 August announcement, FortifAI reported that NOL8 V1.0 was tested across Megaport’s global network, connecting environments in Virginia, Tokyo and Sydney.

The company stated that performance met or exceeded expectations across the tested conditions, with pre-embedding, inference and agent-to-agent simulated use cases conducted across multiple geographic locations.

According to FortifAI, NOL8 returned byte-identical governance outputs across all tested locations, with distance between locations being the main variable affecting latency. The company reported NOL8 engine latency of 3 milliseconds in-region, consistent with previous testing.

The testing also measured data processing capability. FortifAI reported that NOL8 governed data at a rate of 34 terabytes per day, compared with 2.6 terabytes per day for the company’s benchmark legacy software implementation. The company stated this represented a more than 10 times difference in governed data processed per dollar of infrastructure cost under the tested conditions.

Focus on AI Infrastructure Efficiency

The latest announcement highlighted FortifAI’s focus on improving AI infrastructure efficiency as enterprises continue to develop private AI environments across different cloud providers, GPU providers and data centres.

FortifAI reported that NOL8 removed up to 64% of data from the AI pipeline before reaching GPUs during testing. The company stated this could allow each megawatt of GPU capacity to deliver up to 2.8 times more useful AI work under the tested conditions.

The company also reported that governance policy complexity increased by 400% during testing while throughput declined by less than 1%.

These results were based on FortifAI’s own testing environments and benchmark comparisons. The company noted that performance figures were measured under defined workloads and may vary across different customer data types, policies and production environments.

Next Steps for NOL8 Deployment

Following the testing program, FortifAI said it would continue global scaling of the NOL8 V1.0 platform with design partners across the Megaport global network.

The company has not provided specific revenue guidance or confirmed commercial conversion timelines from these arrangements. FortifAI noted that timing, expansion and conversion remain subject to partner arrangements.

The company’s future progress will depend on the adoption of NOL8 by enterprises, the development of customer relationships and the transition from testing environments into commercial deployments.

Broader ASX Market Context

FortifAI’s share price movement occurred as the broader Australian market traded higher. The S&P/ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) closed at 9,271.6 points, gaining 0.47% during the session, while the S&P/ASX 300 (ASX:XKO) also increased by 0.47%.

FTI’s trading activity reflected company-specific developments while broader market indices recorded positive movements during the session.

What Investors May Monitor

Future updates from FortifAI may focus on NOL8 customer deployments, additional design partnerships and progress in commercialising the AI Data Plane platform.

The latest testing update provides additional information on NOL8’s technical performance under multi-location conditions, although the commercial impact of the platform will depend on future customer adoption and deployment outcomes.

Conclusion

FortifAI Limited shares traded at $0.650, up 0.78% at the time of writing on 6 August 2026, following the company’s recent NOL8 V1.0 testing update. The announcement detailed performance testing across Virginia, Sydney and Tokyo, including data governance, latency and infrastructure efficiency results.

While the testing provides additional technical information on the platform, future financial outcomes will depend on commercial deployments, customer adoption and partner arrangements.