Sakana AI
Sakana AI is a world-class AI research lab based in Tokyo, focused on developing nature-inspired, efficient, and sovereign AI foundation models through methods like evolutionary algorithms and model merging.
At a Glance
- Enterprise Software
- Financial Services
- Scientific Research Labs
- Government/Sovereign AI Infrastructure
AI Tools by Sakana AI
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Sakana Fugu
AI Research and Applied Intelligence
DiffusionBlocks
Memory Efficient Transformer Training
ShinkaEvolve
LLM Evolutionary Code Search
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Latest News
Sakana AI Releases 'Fugu Ultra' to Match Frontier Performance via Autonomous Model Orchestration
Mitsubishi Electric Invests in AI Startup Sakana AI to Address Social Challenges
Citi Makes Strategic Investment in Sakana AI to Advance Innovation in Financial Services
Sakana AI Raises $135M Series B at $2.65B Valuation
Products & Services
A technique that uses evolutionary algorithms to automatically merge multiple foundation models to create superior, specialized models.
A fully automated system for open-ended scientific research, including hypothesis generation, experimentation, and paper writing.
A commercial 'Virtual CSO' agent that conducts massive-scale research and strategy tasks, compressing weeks of work into hours.
A frontier-level autonomous model orchestration system designed to match top-tier performance through efficient expert model coordination.
Market Position
Positions itself as a more efficient and Japan-centric alternative to US-based giants like OpenAI and Anthropic. Focuses on nature-inspired R&D and 'sovereign AI' rather than just pure scaling.
Leadership
Founders
David Ha
CEO and Co-founder. Previously a research lead at Google Brain, where he led the Google Brain Tokyo team. He is known for his work in neuroevolution and generative models.
Llion Jones
CTO and Co-founder. Former Google researcher and co-author of the seminal 'Attention Is All You Need' paper, which introduced the Transformer architecture.
Ren Ito
Chairman and Co-founder. Previously COO at Stability AI and an executive at Mercari. He also served as a Japanese diplomat at the World Bank and for the Japanese government.
Executive Team
David Ha
CEO
Ex-Google Brain research lead, expert in neuroevolution.
Llion Jones
CTO
Co-author of the Transformer paper, ex-Google researcher.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded by former Google researchers who were frustrated with corporate bureaucracy and the resource-intensive 'brute force' scaling of AI models. They chose Tokyo to leverage Japan's unique culture and technological heritage to build a more efficient, nature-inspired path to artificial intelligence.
Business Model
Revenue Model
A combination of API usage-based fees, high-end SaaS subscriptions (e.g., Marlin Research Agent), and strategic enterprise partnerships for custom AI solutions.
Pricing Tiers
Includes 2,000 research credits and priority access to deep research agents.
Tailored solutions for large Japanese corporations with dedicated support and sovereign AI infrastructure.
Target Markets
- Enterprise Software
- Financial Services
- Scientific Research Labs
- Government/Sovereign AI Infrastructure
- Automated Scientific Discovery
- Corporate Strategy & Research
- Financial Services Innovation
- Industrial Optimization
- MUFG
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
- Daiwa Securities
- Mitsubishi Electric