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Sakana AI

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Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based AI company that has been releasing and updating products centered on multi-agent orchestration and Japanese-focused language capabilities. Recent coverage includes launches of orchestration models in the Sakana Fugu family (such as Fugu Max, Fugu Ultra v2, and Fugu-Cyber), upgrades to Sakana Chat with conductor-based Fugu and the new Sakana Namazu model (with code execution and deliverable previews), and updates to Sakana Translate via Sakana Namazu. The company has also been expanding deployments through partnerships and trials, including a production development phase with Daiwa Securities for wealth management and a business partnership with SCSK and Sumitomo for AI-driven social and industrial implementation in Japan.

Updated 13 September 2026

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9 events

Release activity

As of 17 Sep 2026 · Model, product and open-source release events in the last 90 days whose coverage involves this entity.

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As of 17 Sep 2026 · Funding and acquisition events in the last 90 days whose coverage involves this entity.

Jun 2026 → Sep 2026

Coverage span

As of 17 Sep 2026 · First to most recent month of TLDRocket coverage of this entity.

Funding history

Management

updated 2 Sep 2026

Latest developments

Sakana Marlin Update: Interactive Reading for Reports and PowerPoint Export for Outputs Sakana AI · 49 Sakana AI Researchers Introduce PC-ALM, a Layer-Local Alternative to Backpropagation That Trains 1000-Layer Networks MarkTechPost · 2 days ago · 25 Inside Sakana AI's Product Team Sakana AI · 45 Sakana AI Launches Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 for Cheaper, Stronger Multi-Agent Orchestration MarkTechPost · 6 days ago · 26 Sakana AI, SCSK, and Sumitomo Corporation Sign Comprehensive Business Partnership to Accelerate AI-Driven Social Implementation for Japan’s Industrial Transformation and Social Problem Solving Sakana AI · 20 Sakana Translate translation model updated to the new generation "Sakana Namazu" Sakana AI · 48 Sakana Chat gets an update: Sakana Fugu and the new-generation Sakana Namazu are now available Sakana AI · 28 Towards orchestration independent of base models: Verification of Sakana Fugu version Gemma 4 Sakana AI · 27

Timeline

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September 2026

Sakana AI releases Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 multi-agent orchestration models via a hosted, OpenAI-compatible API Model release

Sakana AI and SCSK announce a partnership Partnership

Sakana AI and Sumitomo Corporation announce a partnership Partnership

August 2026

Sakana AI launches Japanese-specialized Namazu LLM API and advances partnership with Daiwa Securities to production phase Product launch

July 2026

Sakana AI releases multiple products including Chat, Marlin, Fugu, and Translate; Fugu agent places 5th in Diver OSINT CTF 2026 Product launch

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5, matching Fable 5 capabilities at half the price Model release

Sakana AI's AI Scientist System Produces First Peer-Reviewed Publication at Top-Tier ML Venue Research publication

Sakana AI Signs Strategic Partnerships with Major Japanese Financial Institutions Including MUFG Bank and Hokukoku Financial Holdings Partnership

Sakana AI publishes research on evolutionary algorithms for automated AI model fusion and merging Research publication

Sakana AI and Daiwa Securities Group Partner to Develop AI-Powered Wealth Management Platform Partnership

Sakana AI Launches Applied Team Division to Commercialize AI Technology for Finance and Defense Sectors Product launch

Sakana AI launches business development division and applied team for AI commercialization Other

Sakana AI's ALE-Agent wins first place in AtCoder Heuristic Contest 058 Benchmark result

Sakana AI closes Series B funding round at $2.7 billion valuation with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Citigroup Funding

Sakana AI raises $200 million Series A funding led by NEA, Khosla Ventures, and Lux Capital Funding

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