Sakana AI
2 models across 2 families · Latest: Namazu (2026-08)
Nature-inspired AI foundation models.
Sakana AI's portfolio covers 2 active models across 2 current families, spanning rag, agents, and long context. Open a model detail page to compare provider routes and sourced benchmarks.
Covers 4 workload areas across 2 active tracked models; last verified 2026-10-20.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, agents, and long context across this lab's releases
- Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
- Migration and pricing follow-ups across 2 tracked models
Do not use it for
- Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders
Active models
2
Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones
Active families
2
Current model families from this lab
Open catalog
1 open
1 open source / 0 open weights
Lowest output price
$4.00 /1M
Cheapest tracked output across active models, per 1M tokens
Latest dated release
2026-08-03
Namazu
Freshness
2026-10-20
Researched 7d ago
Information
Release cadence
- Dated releases
- 2
- Latest model
- Namazu
- Latest date
- 2026-08-03
Where this lab wins
- RAG: 1 tracked model with ruler / needle retrieval benchmarks.
- Agentic: 1 tracked model with BFCL, tau-bench, and SWE-bench tool-use coverage.
- Long-context: 1 tracked model with context-token or InfiniteBench-class signal.
- JSON/tool-use: 1 tracked model with BFCL / Nexus strict-JSON routing coverage.
Flagship quality / price signal
- Flagship
- EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B
- Selection source
- Best sourced coding Q/$
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namazu | 2026-08-03 | 256K | $0.95 | $4.00 | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B | 2024-03-01 | 32K | - | - | Apache 2.0 | Open source |
Model families
Recent releases
- Namazu- 2026-08-03
- EvoLLM-JP-v1-7B- 2024-03-01
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Last reviewed: 2026-10-20. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.