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Sakana AI launches Sakana Marlin, a commercial autonomous research assistant

Product launch Provisional 95% confidence first seen 16 July 2026, 15:26

Sakana AI released Sakana Marlin, its first commercial product, an autonomous research assistant that can conduct complex business research independently for up to eight hours and generate structured reports and summary slides. The system was beta tested from April 2026 with approximately 300 professionals from financial institutions, consulting firms, and think tanks.

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