AI researchSakana AI
An AI research company developing nature-inspired learning systems, scientific agents and models for coordinating other models.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2023-07
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Category
- AI research · model orchestration · scientific agents
Founders in the archive
Funding
2 recorded financing entries
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Co-founded by former Google Brain researcher David Ha, former Mercari and Stability AI executive Ren Ito, and Transformer co-author Llion Jones.
On the timeline
2023-07Sakana AI is founded in Tokyo2024-08-12The AI Scientist research is published2025-05-29The Darwin Gödel Machine explores self-improving agents2026-03-26Nature publishes a study of the AI Scientist2026-06-22Sakana launches Fugu and Fugu Ultra


