Sakana AI

Japan

Sakana AI builds and applies frontier artificial intelligence technology in various fields, including finance and defense

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Sakana AI, based in Japan, has 17 investors on file, among them Basis Set Ventures, Geodesic Capital and Global Brain. Its latest round on record is Series C+, 30 Mar 2026, of 2 rounds. Its site was last checked 12 Nov 2026: site answers.

sakana.ai

Funding

2 rounds on record

Latest roundSeries C+30 Mar 2026

Since that round8 monthsno later round on record

Time between rounds4 monthson average, over 2 rounds

Investors in its rounds116 with a VCinfo profile

Mar 2026Series C+Led by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Nov 2025Series BLed by MUFG, with Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, NEA, Geodesic Capital, Ora Global, MPower Partners and 3 others

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Investors

17 investors on file

Investor	Evidence	Type
Basis Set Ventures	Portfolio page	Venture capital
Geodesic Capital	Page + round	Venture capital
Global Brain	Portfolio page	Venture capital
IQT	Portfolio page	Venture capital
JAFCO	Portfolio page	Venture capital
July Fund	Portfolio page	Venture capital
Khosla Ventures	Page + round	Venture capital
Learn Capital	Portfolio page	Venture capital
LocalGlobe	Portfolio page	Venture capital
Lux Capital	Page + round	Venture capital
Mouro Capital	Portfolio page	Venture capital
MPower Partners	Page + round	Venture capital
NEA	Page + round	Venture capital
NTT DOCOMO Ventures	Portfolio page	Corporate VC
Ora Global	Portfolio page	Venture capital
Salesforce Ventures	Portfolio page	Corporate VC
Translink Capital	Portfolio page	Venture capital

In the news

2 headlines naming Sakana AI

9 Nov 2026

Sakana AI gears up for one of Japan's biggest startup IPOsnikkei.comExit 9 Nov 2026

Sakana AI Eyeing Japan, U.S. IPO in Autumn 2027nippon.comExit

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At a glance

Latest round: Series C+, 30 Mar 2026
Investors on file: 17
Founded: 2023
Employees: 11-50
Headquarters: Japan
Open roles: 38
Site: Answers
Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

Company data by Fundup AI. Also from Wikidata.

What Sakana AI runs on

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