Companies

Sakana AI

sakana.ai

Sakana AI builds nature-inspired, Japan-focused AI models and autonomous research agents for enterprise use.

HQTokyo
Employees51-200
Funding$265M
Valuation$2.65B
2 active roles
AI / MLFoundation Model ProviderB2B SaaSSeries B$200M-$1B

About

Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based AI company that builds biologically inspired, nature-driven AI architectures and autonomous research agents tailored to Japan. It partners with enterprises and research institutions to apply its models in domain-specific workflows and aims to expand across finance, manufacturing, defense, and government sectors in Japan, while pursuing sovereign AI initiatives.

Active Roles

2

Key Investors

NEA, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)