Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based AI company started in 2023 by former Google researchers. It is known for evolutionary model merging methods and the AI Scientist system for automated research, and offers the Fugu models through its console.
- Founded
- 2023
- Type
- Private company
- Founders
- David Ha, Llion Jones and Ren Ito
- AI lab
- Inference provider
- 4 hosted endpoints
Model family
Fugu
Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based AI company started in 2023 by former Google researchers. It is known for evolutionary model merging methods and the AI Scientist system for automated research, and offers the Fugu models through its console.
Latest Fugu models
Models in this family
4 catalogued models
4 models · 1–4
| Select models to compare | Model | Released | Context | Input /M | Output /M | Parameters | Type | I/O | Openness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fugu MaxSakana AI | September 11, 2026 | 1M | $2.00 | $6.00 | — | Text | text, image, file → text | Closed | |
| Fugu Ultra v2Sakana AI | September 11, 2026 | 1M | $5.00 | $30.00 | — | Text | text, image, file → text | Closed | |
| FuguSakana AI | June 15, 2026 | 1M | — | — | — | Text | text, image → text | Closed | |
| Fugu UltraSakana AI | June 15, 2026 | 1M | $5.00 | $30.00 | — | Text | text, image → text | Closed |