Based in Tokyo. Known for research on merging models using evolutionary algorithms.
Current rank (1M)
41
Rank over the last 6 days
2026.09.08 – 2026.09.13 · High 41 · Low 57 · Now 41
Fugu Max routes each task to the leanest model that can solve it and undercuts rival output pricing by 40 to 60 percent. Fugu Ultra v2 posted its best scores with Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra kept out of its pool.
A Japanese AI research company, a systems integrator and a trading house have signed a comprehensive business partnership. The structure turns roughly 900 group companies and 100,000 customers into a distribution channel.
London startup valued at $5 billion races to build superintelligence through reinforcement learning
Across 7.1 million verification images, a training-free discriminator matched or beat existing detectors
Founded by a Goldman Sachs trader, a Transformer co-author, and a diplomat. Here's the full story — from evolutionary algorithms and self-improvement research to Fugu, Marlin, and contracts with banks and Japan's defense ministry.
Second defense contract after March's command-and-control deal, this time targeting intelligence analyst work
Founder of reinforcement learning pushes back on LLM scaling strategy, arguing the world is infinitely complex, and proposes continual-learning agents as an alternative
Vibe coding you can trigger with words, now expanded into Japanese-specialized models
A newsletter promo image shows a robot fish under development alongside the phrase "autonomous shoaling"
Japanese AI startup Sakana AI says it is expanding its RSI Lab to pursue world-model-based physical AI research
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