Nvidia Joins $100 Million Funding for Year-Old Japan AI Startup
- New Enterprise, Khosla Ventures among those leading this round
- Sakana AI has grown rapidly since its founding in 2023
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Nvidia Corp. has joined a $100 million-plus funding round for Tokyo startup Sakana AI, one of the larger investments the US chipmaker has made so far in Japan’s fledgling artificial intelligence arena.
Sakana, founded in 2023 by a pair of former Google engineers, secured the Series A or early-stage financing led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures and Lux Capital. The startup said it will team up with Nvidia on research, data center access and “AI community-building” locally.