Sakana AI
1 model across 1 family · Latest: EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B (2024-03)
Nature-inspired AI foundation models.
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Covers 0 workload areas across 1 active tracked model; last verified 2026-06-29.
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- Teams evaluating general LLM work across this lab's releases
- Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
- Migration and pricing follow-ups across 1 tracked models
Do not use it for
- Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders
Active models
1
Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones
Active families
1
Current model families from this lab
Open catalog
1 open
1 open source / 0 open weights
Lowest output price
Not tracked
No provider output pricing linked yet
Latest dated release
2024-03-01
EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B
Freshness
2026-06-29
Researched 74d ago
Information
Release cadence
- Dated releases
- 1
- Latest model
- EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B
- Latest date
- 2024-03-01
Where this lab wins
Not enough capability or benchmark coverage yet to call strengths for this lab.
Flagship quality / price signal
- Flagship
- EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B
- Selection source
- Best sourced coding Q/$
- Coding grade
- unknown
- Benchmark / output price
- Not enough sourced benchmark and price coverage
About
Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based AI research company co-founded by former Google Brain researcher David Ha and Transformer co-author Llion Jones. The company is known for its Evolutionary Model Merge technique, which produced EvoLLM-JP, a state-of-the-art Japanese LLM that outperformed all Japanese models under 70B parameters upon release. Sakana AI has raised over $210 million and focuses on developing nature-inspired, biologically-driven AI architectures.
Featured models
| Model | Released | Context | Input price ($/1M) | Output price ($/1M) | License | Openness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B | 2024-03-01 | 32k | - | - | Apache 2.0 | Open source |
Model families
Recent releases
- EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B- 2024-03-01
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.