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673 Japan’s Sakana AI in Talks to Raise Capital at $2.5 Billion Valuation

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Juro Osawa @ The Information · today 06:14 EDT

Japan’s Sakana AI in Talks to Raise Capital at $2.5 Billion Valuation

Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based developer of artificial intelligence, is in talks with U.S. and Japanese investors to raise $100 million at a valuation of $2.5 billion, up 66% from a financing a year ago, The Information reported. The startup, founded in 2023 by former Google researchers, plans to ...

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