Sakana AI
Developing nature-inspired foundation models using evolutionary and collective intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence
📍 Tokyo, Japan
Founded 2023
Current Valuation
$2.6B
as of 2025-Q4
UNICORN
Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based research lab that develops foundation models using evolutionary and collective intelligence. Founded by former Google researchers, the company focuses on efficient and sustainable AI architectures like model merging and autonomous scientific research systems.
Company Profile
Growth
Rapidly growing AI unicorn focused on sustainable and bio-inspired architectures.
Last Round
Series B — $135M (Nov 2025) · Lead: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Founders & Key People
David HaLlion JonesRen Ito
Investors
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) · NVIDIA · New Enterprise Associates · Khosla Ventures · Lux Capital · Google · Salesforce Ventures · Mitsubishi Electric
Products
- EvoLLM
- AI Scientist
- Continuous Thought Machines
- Transformer Squared
- Sakana Marlin
- KAME
Competitors
OpenAI · Anthropic · Mistral · Cohere · Aleph Alpha
Evolutionary AIFoundation ModelsNature-inspiredCollective IntelligenceTokyo AI Hub
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.