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Sakana AI Announces Strategic Partnerships with Google and Datadog

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Sakana AI announced two strategic partnerships: one with Google following its Series B funding round to advance AI adoption in Japan with focus on infrastructure and reliable AI implementation in critical industries, and another with Datadog to collaborate on research, open-source contributions, and enterprise AI deployment at scale. The partnerships aim to accelerate Sakana AI's growth and expand its reach in both the Japanese market and enterprise sectors globally.

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