We raised $30M to develop nature-inspired AI in Japan
Sakana AI ● Covered by 6 sources
Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based research company, raised $30 million in seed funding led by Lux Capital and Khosla Ventures to develop nature-inspired foundation models based on evolution and collective intelligence. The round included major Japanese firms like NTT Group, Sony, and KDDI, making it among the first Japanese AI startups to secure top-tier Silicon Valley backing at seed stage. The funding enables the company to build a world-class AI lab in Japan and develop alternative foundation models outside the dominant transformer architecture paradigm.
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