- Nvidia collaboration and its significance for Japan
- Fundraising and future plans
- History and previous achievements of Sakana AI
Tokyo-based startup Sakana AI, including Google researchers among its founders, has partnered with United States chipmaker Nvidia to develop Japan’s artificial intelligence community.
Nvidia collaboration and its significance for Japan
Sakana AI’s collaboration with Nvidia includes research, data center access, and devising new techniques for efficient foundation model development. The CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, stated: “The team at Sakana AI is helping spur the democratization of AI in Japan by developing cutting-edge foundation models to automate and speed up scientific discovery with Nvidia’s accelerated computing platform.” This collaboration is expected to raise the profile of Japan’s AI community and increase activities such as event hosting, hackathons, and university outreach.
Fundraising and future plans
In addition to partnering with Nvidia, the startup raised $100 million in a Series A funding round from key investors led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, and Lux Capital, with participation from Nvidia. The funds will be invested in talent and infrastructure development to advance nature-inspired, sustainable, and energy-efficient AI technologies.
History and previous achievements of Sakana AI
On January 16, Sakana AI announced raising $30 million in a seed funding round led by Lux Capital with strong backing from Khosla Ventures. Other prominent investment firms participating in the seed funding round included 500 Global, Miyako Capital, Basis Set Ventures, JAFCO, July Fund, Geodesic Capital, and Learn Capital. The company also has a research partnership with NTT and investments from KDDI CVC and Sony Group.
The partnership with Nvidia and significant funds raised position Sakana AI to make substantial advancements in their technologies and contribute to the global AI community.
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