Sakana News & Updates

When deep research isn't enough for your business: Sakana AI launches 'ultra deep research' agent for 100+ page reports in 8 hours

Neither Sakana AI nor its external AI service providers will use customer data or inputs for model t...

Jun 15, 2026 • VentureBeat

Tokyo-based Sakana AI keeps gaining funding, attention

Sakana AI, a rising startup in Tokyo run by prominent figures in the generative artificial intellige...

Oct 15, 2024 • The Asahi Shimbun

Sakana walks back claims that its AI can dramatically speed up model training

This week, Sakana AI, an Nvidia-backed startup that's raised hundreds of millions of dollars from VC...

Feb 20, 2025 • Yahoo Finance

Sakana AI hits unicorn status following Nvidia investment deal

Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based startup developing generative artificial intelligence, announced on Sept. 4...

Mar 31, 2026 • The Asahi Shimbun

Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan

As U.S. giants like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic race to develop the large language models that und...

Nov 17, 2025 • TechCrunch

Sakana AI and MUFG sign agreement to automate creation of banking documents

Sakana AI has signed a ¥5 billion ($34 million) deal with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to ...

May 18, 2025 • ジャパンタイムズ

Sakana is Working Towards Smaller AI Models After Raising $30 Million in Seed Funding

Artificial intelligence startup Sakana AI has successfully raised $30 million in a seed funding roun...

Jan 16, 2024 • techtimes

What is Sakana AI and why is everyone comparing it to OpenAI?

Tokyo-based AI startup Sakana AI may achieve unicorn status in less than a year after its founding. ...

Jun 16, 2024 • SmartCompany

Sakana introduces new AI architecture, ‘Continuous Thought Machines’ to make models reason with less guidance — like human brains

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May 12, 2025 • VentureBeat

Why Sakana AI’s big win is a big deal for the future of enterprise agents

In an impressive feat, Japanese startup Sakana AI’s coding agent ALE-Agent recently secured first ...

Jan 12, 2026 • VentureBeat

Transform weeknight dinner with rich soy sake glaze

Learn how to master Sakana no Nitsuke, a classic and comforting Japanese simmered fish dish that tra...

Jun 11, 2026 • MSN on MSN

Sakana AI’s evolutionary algorithm discovers new architectures for generative models

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Mar 26, 2024 • VentureBeat

Celebrity ichthyologist Sakana-kun asks Japan Diet to see env. issues from fishy viewpoint

TOKYO -- Celebrity ichthyologist Sakana-kun donned his trademark fish cap and urged legislators to c...

Feb 12, 2020 • 毎日新聞

How Sakana trained a 7B model to orchestrate GPT, Claude and Gemini LLMs

Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 2.5 Pro dynamically — no hardcoded pipelines, fewer tokens than compet...

May 07, 2026 • VentureBeat

AIs that program themselves: Sakana AI founds research lab

Sakana AI wants to build AI systems that rewrite and improve their own code. The four-phase program ...

Jun 08, 2026 • heise online

Sakana S.A. (WSE:SKN): What Does Its Beta Value Mean For Your Portfolio?

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Jun 13, 2019 • Yahoo Finance

Sakana AI

Headquartered in Tokyo, Sakana AI designs models by drawing inspiration from phenomena that occur in...

Apr 10, 2025 • Forbes

Sakana Sushi Bar & Grill reopens under new ownership after March closure

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Jun 01, 2026 • The Business Journals