Japan’s Sakana AI partners Nvidia for research, raises $100M
The Tokyo-based startup raised $100 million in a Series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures and Lux Capital, with participation from Nvidia.
Tokyo-based Sakana AI, a year-old startup, has partnered with United States chipmaker Nvidia to develop Japan’s artificial intelligence community. The company counts Google researchers among its founders.
In addition to the Nvidia partnership, the startup raised $100 million in a Series A funding round from key investors “led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures and Lux Capital, with participation from Nvidia.” The funds will be invested in talent and infrastructure development to advance “nature-inspired, sustainable, and energy-efficient AI technologies.”
Source: Sakana AI
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Author: Pradipta Mukherjee
