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Sakana AI

Frontier ModelsResearchFoundation

Nature-inspired AI research

Japan
Founded 2023
50 employees
$300.0M raised

Funding & Financials

Total Funding

$300.0M

Last Round

Series B

Last Round Size

$214.0M

Valuation

$1.5B

Company Type

private

Last Round Date

2024-09

Investors

NVIDIAKhoslaLux CapitalNew Enterprise Associates

Notes

Foundation model research in Japan

Strategic Scores

Thesis Fit7/10

Alignment with key investment themes

Overcrowded6/10

Category density relative to landscape

Strategic Importance6/10

Layer importance, uniqueness, maturity

Stack Position

Layer

Foundation

Category

Frontier Models

Subcategory

Research