According to Foresight News, Japanese AI startup Sakana AI has completed a $100 million Series A financing round led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, and Lux Capital. The funds will be invested in talent and infrastructure development to advance nature-inspired, sustainable, and energy-efficient AI technologies. Sakana AI is working with U.S. chipmaker Nvidia to develop Japan's AI community, including research, data center access, and designing new technologies for efficient basic model development. Among the company's founders are Google researchers.
Sakana AI completed a $30 million seed round of financing in January this year, led by Lux Capital and participated by Khosla Ventures and others.