TechCrunch

Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan

As U.S. giants like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic race to develop the large language models that underpin their AI products, startups such as Sakana AI, Mistral AI, DeepSeek, and AI21 Labs are carving ...

Japan's Sakura Internet jumps 20% as Microsoft plans $10 billion AI push with SoftBank

Microsoft said it plans to invest $10 billion in Japan between 2026 and 2029 to build AI infrastructure.
SiliconANGLE

Sakana AI lands $135M on $2.635B valuation to accelerate frontier research and applied AI in Japan

Japanese artificial intelligence startup Sakana AI Co. Ltd. revealed early today that it has raised 20 billion yen ($135 million) in new funding on a 400 billion yen ($2.635 billion) valuation to ...
Observer

This $2.6B Japanese A.I. Startup Exposes the Language Gap in Today’s LLMs

Like many other A.I. startups, Sakana AI is pursuing technology that can reason, self-improve and aid scientific research. But where the Tokyo-based venture stands apart from most of the world’s model ...