Sakana AI

Private

Tokyo-based AI research lab. Trains foundation models using evolutionary algorithms and model merging. Consumer app AI Scientist for autonomous research paper generation. Enterprise clients in Japan across manufacturing (Toyota, Honda), finance (SMBC, Mizuho), and energy (JERA). Founded 2023 by former Google Brain researchers.

Founders David Ha

CEO David Ha

Company

Founded

2023

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

Financials

Total Funding

$444M

Sectors

Artificial Intelligence SaaS

sakana.ai

Funding History

3 rounds

Series C Aug 7, 2026

$200M

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Lead) NEA Khosla Ventures Lux Capital NVIDIA Sony Ventures NTT DOCOMO Ventures Mitsubishi UFJ Capital GIC

Series B Sep 4, 2024

$214M

New Enterprise Associates (Lead) Khosla Ventures Lux Capital Sozo Ventures NTT DOCOMO Ventures NVIDIA Sony Ventures

Series A Jan 15, 2024

$30M

Lux Capital (Lead) Khosla Ventures Sozo Ventures NTT DOCOMO Ventures

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