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SakanaAI

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Rocket Ship Rating: 95 out of 100

Building Frontier AI in Japan

Also known as Sakana AI, Sakana AI 株式会社

  • AI models & AI infrastructure
  • Finance operations
  • Legal, compliance & govtech
  • AI native
Status
Operatingas of 2026-09-17
Business model
B2B
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2023
Employees
約150名Source (opens in a new tab)
Customers
enterprise customers
Legal name
Sakana AI 株式会社
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Record updated 8 October 2026

About

While sharing its own AI research with the world, in 2025 it launched an Applied Team responsible for business development, and is advancing the social implementation of cutting-edge AI technology, mainly in the finance and defense fields.

Funding snapshot

Total raised
$200MSum of rounds, as of 2026-10-08Source (opens in a new tab)
Latest round
Series B2026-01

Funding rounds

Series B
2026-01
Series A
$200M2024, Announced
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