Sakana AI
Sakana AI is a Tokyo research company founded by David Ha, Ren Ito and Llion Jones. Its work includes model merging, distillation and new neural architectures. Namazu is its Japanese business model; many earlier experiments have downloadable research weights.
Company & leadership
- CEO
- David Ha
- Chairman
- Ren Ito
- CTO
- Llion Jones
- Legal entity
- Sakana AI K.K.
- Ownership and funding
- Venture-backed company; the April 2026 Series B update reports ¥32 billion raised in that round.
Founders
- David Ha, Ren Ito and Llion Jones
