Who uses Sakana AI?
Tokyo AI lab building multi-LLM orchestration, Japanese models and research agents for finance and government. sakana.ai
3
companies use Sakana AI
3 companies use Sakana AI. Confirmed or observed customers include Daiwa Securities, MUFG, and SMBC Group. 3 of them are confirmed by a published case study, quote or press release.Latest check Oct 8, 2026: 3 of 3 companies checked, from 1 public source.
- Category
- Foundation Models (LLMs)
- Customers by proof
- 3 confirmed, 0 observed
- Most similar
- Claude, no shared customer yet
- Website
- sakana.ai
What Sakana AI does
Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based research company that builds nature-inspired AI models and deploys them with Japanese enterprises and public bodies through its applied team. Products include Sakana Fugu for orchestrating multiple LLMs, the Japanese Sakana Namazu model, the Sakana Marlin research agent and Sakana Translate. Named deployments include MUFG Bank, SMBC Group, Daiwa Securities and Japan's Ministry of Defense.
Written by usedby from sakana.ai.
Main features
Common uses
3 companies use Sakana AI
Every company below links to the public page that shows it uses Sakana AI. Open a row to see the dated capture.
Customers over time: appears once we have six months of archived captures.
| Company | Industry | Proof |
|---|---|---|
 Daiwa Securities | — | |
 MUFG | — | |
 SMBC Group | — |
What customers report
Results as published by Sakana AI and its customers. Each one links to its dated source. We quote, we do not score.
Before you buy Sakana AI
What Sakana AI publishes on the points buyers check first, each with its source and check date.
Questions to ask in your demo
- Which of your customers look like us, by industry and size?
- What does a pilot cost, and what decides the move to a full contract?
- Where is our data stored, who can access it, and is it used to train models?
- How does Sakana AI work with the tools we already use?
Sakana AI alternatives
Tools compared with Sakana AI most often, with the customers they share.
| Tool | Customers | Shared with Sakana AI | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
 Claude73 customers, 0 shared | 73 | 0 | Sakana AI vs Claude |
Questions about Sakana AI
Who uses Sakana AI?
3 companies use Sakana AI, including Daiwa Securities, MUFG, and SMBC Group.
What are the alternatives to Sakana AI?
The tools compared with Sakana AI most often are Claude (73 customers, 0 shared). See all Sakana AI alternatives.
How does usedby know who uses Sakana AI?
Each company is linked to a public page that names it: Sakana AI's customer page, a published case study, a press release or a job post. We save each page with a dated capture and check it again on each run. A company leaves the list only after three checks in a row that no longer find it, and at least 14 days after it was last seen. A company with a published case study or quote is never removed automatically.
What do confirmed, observed and signal mean?
Confirmed (3): a case study, a named quote or a press release. Observed (0): Sakana AI shows the company on its own pages, for example a logo wall. Signal (0): a job post shows the company’s employees use Sakana AI, the weakest proof. Every level counts as a customer, and each line shows its level.
How current is this list?
The most recent check was on October 8, 2026, and 3 of 3 companies on this list have been checked so far. A company leaves the list only after three checks in a row that no longer find it, and at least 14 days after it was last seen. A company with a published case study or quote is never removed automatically.
Changes and sources
New customers
No new customer yet. Tracking of Sakana AI started on October 8, 2026. New customers appear after two complete checks of its pages.