Sakana AI · Primary source
Oct 11, 2026
Open Weight Labs · Private company · Research
Sakana AI
✓ VerifiedSakana AI is one of the more intellectually distinctive research companies on the board, exploring evolutionary and modular approaches instead of simply scaling the standard frontier recipe.
Tokyo, JapanFounded 2023No public API trackedWeekly review target
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Released Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 on September 11, 2026 and updated Sakana Marlin with interactive reading and PowerPoint output on September 16.
Focus: Evolutionary model design and modular AI systems
Latest funding
Not tracked
No structured event
Tracked funding
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No structured events
Latest valuation
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No source-backed record
Latest revenue
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Research lifecycle position
Editorially verified updates
What changed
Released Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 on September 11, 2026 and updated Sakana Marlin with interactive reading and PowerPoint output on September 16.
External coverage of Sakana AI
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Last checked Oct 18, 2026.
Sakana AI · Primary source
Sep 11, 2026
Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
Funding, valuation, revenue, and debt are kept separate so unlike measurements are never presented as one trend.
A structured financial history has not been completed for Sakana AI.
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Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
Fugu MaxFugu Ultra v2Sakana NamazuSakana Marlin
Products
Sakana FuguSakana MarlinSakana Namazu APISakana Chat
Open weights
No
API access
No
Review target
Weekly
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Research: Early research & prototypes
Focus
Evolutionary model design and modular AI systems
Signals
Research-firstNovel architectureJapan
Taxonomy
Academic + NonprofitResearchOpen source
Competitive context
AI2Mistral AIPathway
Infrastructure & distribution
Where Sakana AI sits in the AI stack
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Model layer
4 tracked model families
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Access layer
Application or managed product
03
Market layer
Open Weight Labs
Public product surface
Sakana FuguSakana MarlinSakana Namazu APISakana Chat
Stack signals
ResearchOpen sourceResearch-firstNovel architectureJapan
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
Sources and corrections
Primary and public sources used to verify the structured company profile.
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