Sakana AI Attracts Major Funding Amid Japans Push for Homegrown AI

A Tokyo-based AI startup, Sakana AI, has attracted significant investment, including funding from Nvidia, amidst US-China tensions and Japan`s desire to bolster its own AI capabilities. The company`s unique approach, utilizing numerous small AI models instead of one large model, is particularly appealing in Japan, a country with limited resources. Sakana AI plans to collaborate with Nvidia on research and AI infrastructure within Japan. The company`s founders, with their impressive backgrounds at Google Brain, have been warmly received in Japan.