Sakana AI launches Japanese-specialized Namazu LLM API and advances partnership with Daiwa Securities to production phase
Product launch Provisional 72% confidence first seen
Sakana AI released Sakana Namazu, a Japanese-specialized large language model API based on Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 with fine-tuning for business contexts and integrated web search and code execution capabilities. Concurrently, Sakana AI and Daiwa Securities moved their joint AI project into production development phase starting August 2026, following successful verification of AI agent technology for wealth management consulting.