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Sakana AI scores $100M to challenge OpenAI, Anthropic as ‘world class’ AI lab
With the series A coming from leading venture capital firms, Sakana AI plans to speed up hiring and build an AI research organization.
Mere days after China’s Alibaba made headlines with Qwen2-VL, Sakana AI, the Japanese startup founded by former Google researchers David Ha and Llion Jones and former diplomat Ren Ito, has announced it has raised $100 million in a series A round of funding. The investment has been led by several industry heavyweights, including New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures and Lux Capital, with participation from Nvidia–signaling strong traction for the year-old company. While Sakana continues to gain traction with its unique approach to AI development and exclusive focus on Japan, OpenAI, which is often hailed as the category leader, is also moving to expand its footprint in the country.
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