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Sakana AI launches Fugu Max and Ultra v2 for cost-effective and high-capability multi-agent tasks · 4 sources…

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Sakana AI has launched Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2, two new models in its Sakana Fugu family designed for multi-agent orchestration. Fugu Max is optimized for cost-effectiveness, offering lower pricing than competitors like Sonnet 5 and GPT 5.6 Terra while achieving strong benchmark performance. Fugu Ultra v2, on the other hand, focuses on high capability for complex, multi-step tasks, reportedly outperforming models such as OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Fable 5.1 on specific coding benchmarks without relying on them. AI

IMPACT These releases offer more cost-effective and capable options for multi-agent systems, potentially reducing reliance on single proprietary models.

RANK_REASON Sakana AI is a frontier lab releasing new models with claimed performance improvements.

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COVERAGE [5]

  1. MarkTechPost TIER_1 English(EN) · Asif Razzaq ·

    Sakana AI Launches Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 for Cheaper, Stronger Multi-Agent Orchestration

    <p>Sakana AI has released Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2, 2 models built on the same learned orchestration architecture. Fugu Max routes tasks to lean open and specialized models, including NVIDIA Nemotron, at $2/$6 per 1M tokens. Fugu Ultra v2 targets peak capability, scoring 48.3 o…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    🧠 Fugu Max (Sakana AI) hits 1M-token context at $2/$6 – huge context, commercial-friendly pricing. See how it stacks against other long-context models: https://

    🧠 Fugu Max (Sakana AI) hits 1M-token context at $2/$6 – huge context, commercial-friendly pricing. See how it stacks against other long-context models: https:// olud.ai/latest.html # AI # LLM

    LINKS olud.ai/latest.html
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    🧠 New model: Fugu Ultra v2 (Sakana AI) Context: 1M tokens · $5 in / $30 out per 1M · commercial All the latest models, tracked hourly: https:// olud.ai/latest.h

    🧠 New model: Fugu Ultra v2 (Sakana AI) Context: 1M tokens · $5 in / $30 out per 1M · commercial All the latest models, tracked hourly: https:// olud.ai/latest.html # AI # LLM

    LINKS olud.ai/latest.html
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · asiaai ·

    Japan’s Sakana AI is directly challenging Silicon Valley giants. Its new Fugu Ultra v2 reportedly beats OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 on DeepSW

    Japan’s Sakana AI is directly challenging Silicon Valley giants. Its new Fugu Ultra v2 reportedly beats OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 on DeepSWE coding benchmarks. Crucially, it does this without using these frontier models as partners, proving a regional startup…

    LINKS asiaai.fyi/microsoft-data-center-expansio…
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · aitools2u ·

    🤖 【MarkTechPost AI】Sakana AI Launches Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 for Cheaper, Stronger Multi-Agent Orchestration Sakana AI has released Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra

    🤖 【MarkTechPost AI】Sakana AI Launches Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 for Cheaper, Stronger Multi-Agent Orchestration Sakana AI has released Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2, 2 models built on the same learned orchestration architecture. Fugu M... # AI # TechNews 🔗 https://www. marktechpost…

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