Sakana AI
Last updated: November 20, 2025
Founders: David Ha, Llion Jones
Country: Japan | Funding: $229.3M (+)
Founded: 2023
Website: https://sakana.ai
Sakana AI develops LLM models for Japan. Founded in 2023 by former Google researchers, it creates accessible generative AI models that perform well on small datasets and are optimized for the Japanese language and culture. The company focuses on the defense and manufacturing sectors. Its technological research is inspired by the natural principles of evolution and collective intelligence. The developers say that evolution in nature is a masterful search algorithm, generating complex solutions over millennia and they aim to adapt this incredible search algorithm to AI-based research.
Founded: 2023
Website: https://sakana.ai
Sakana AI develops LLM models for Japan. Founded in 2023 by former Google researchers, it creates accessible generative AI models that perform well on small datasets and are optimized for the Japanese language and culture. The company focuses on the defense and manufacturing sectors. Its technological research is inspired by the natural principles of evolution and collective intelligence. The developers say that evolution in nature is a masterful search algorithm, generating complex solutions over millennia and they aim to adapt this incredible search algorithm to AI-based research.
