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872 Japan’s Sakana AI Worth More Than $2.6 Billion After New Round

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Juro Osawa @ The Information · 11/17/2025 05:11 EDT

Japan’s Sakana AI Worth More Than $2.6 Billion After New Round

Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based developer of artificial intelligence models and applications, said it has raised $135 million in a funding round at a valuation of $2.5 billion without the newly raised capital. New investors in the round include U.S.-based Factorial Funds, Australian financial giant ...

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