Sakana AI: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)
Sakana AI is a research-oriented artificial intelligence company that develops biologically inspired and nature-driven AI architectures.
Sakana AI has raised $129M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series B of $129M announced in Nov 2025.
That round is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Sakana AI Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Nov 2025.
Sakana AI Funding Rounds
Sakana AI Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Sakana AI team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.
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Sakana AI's latest round of $129M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Sakana AI Funding FAQs
What does Sakana AI do?
Sakana AI is a research-oriented artificial intelligence company that develops biologically inspired and nature-driven AI architectures.
How much funding has Sakana AI raised?
Sakana AI has raised $129M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series B of $129M announced in Nov 2025.
When did Sakana AI last raise funding?
Sakana AI's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $129M, announced in Nov 2025.
Where is Sakana AI headquartered?
Sakana AI is based in Tokyo, Japan.
How many employees does Sakana AI have?
Sakana AI is in the 11-50 employee band.
How does Sakana AI's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Sakana AI's latest round of $129M is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,239 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Sakana AI Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Sakana AI is left off this page rather than filled in.
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