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
Catalogue
All models by Sakana AI
5 models · 1–5
| 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 | |
| Sakana NamazuSakana AI | August 3, 2026 | 262K | $0.95 | $4.00 | — | 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 |