Sakana AI raises ¥32 billion in Series B at about ¥432 billion post-money

Raised ¥32 billion in a Series B at a post-money valuation of about ¥432 billion. Participants included MUFG, Khosla Ventures, Google and Salesforce Ventures

Why it matters

The largest round for a Japanese AI startup. Its self-definition — avoiding the compute race and taking the efficiency route — was put in writing at the same time

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Officialsakana.aihttps://sakana.ai/series-b/

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