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Sakana AI

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12 articles accelerating

Sakana AI has appeared in 12 articles since 2023-08. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 2 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Tokyo, Google, Japanese, Lux.

Articles
12
mentions
Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+1.000
velocity change
Sources
8
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-11-17
Nikkei Asia 5 related

Tokyo-based Sakana AI raised a ~$135M Series B from MUFG, Khosla, Macquarie, NEA, Lux, and others at a ~$2.6B valuation, becoming Japan's most valuable unicorn

At present, we are seeing a record amount of capital pouring … eWeek : Sakana AI Becomes Japan's Most Valuable Unicorn Maija Palmer / Global Corporate Venturing : ‘Big in Japan’ is not enough — where ...

2024-06-16
The Information 1 related

Sources: Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based LLM developer founded last year by Google alumni, is raising ~$100M at a $1B valuation in a round led by NEA, Khosla, and Lux

The Information :

2024-06-15
The Information 1 related

Sources: Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based LLM developer founded last year by Google alumni, is raising ~$100M at a $1B valuation in a round led by NEA, Khosla, and Lux

The Information :

2024-01-16
Bloomberg 2 related

Tokyo-based Sakana AI, which is focused on building smaller AI models, raised a $30M seed led by Lux Capital, a source says at a $200M valuation

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 12 Techmeme articles mentioning Sakana AI, dating back to August 2023. The biggest stories include Tokyo-based Sakana AI details a new Monte Carlo Tree Search-based technique that lets... and Tokyo-based Sakana AI, which unveiled several AI models for Japanese speakers, raised a.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Khosla, Lux, and NEA. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise, consumer themes and away from funding, developer.

Key Moments

2024Q2developer +50pts; research -100pts; funding +50pts
2024Q3developer -100pts; research +100pts
2025Q1funding -100pts

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