Tokyo, JapanFounded 202360+ employeesSeries A · $200M raisedAI Labs · Frontier Research
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ENTRA Talent Index
Hiring quality verdict.
73/ 100
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Sakana AI is Japan's most credible frontier-AI lab. Ex-Google Brain founders David Ha and Llion Jones (one of the original Transformer authors) anchor the senior bench. $200M Series A at $1.5B+ valuation. 60+ employees concentrated in Tokyo. The applied-AI thesis is evolutionary model-merging plus nature-inspired optimization.
Hiring Velocity78
Compensation78
Retention72
Mission Alignment78
Methodology · 5 dimensions equally weightedData as of FEB 12, 2026
Hiring Intelligence
Sakana AI (Tokyo) by the numbers.
Open roles
32
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Hiring velocity · YoY
+248%
Net-new AI hires (12-month)
Funding stage
Series A · $200M raised
AI Labs · Frontier Research
Salary Intelligence
Verified salary ranges.
Total comp · USD · annual
Senior Research Scientist
JPY 22MtoJPY 40M
ML Engineer
JPY 16MtoJPY 30M
Leadership
Who runs talent at Sakana AI (Tokyo).
David Ha
Co-founder & CEO
Llion Jones
Co-founder & CTO
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