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Sakana AI releases Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 with 1M context

Sakana AI has released two new commercial models, Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2, both featuring a 1 million token context window. Fugu Max is priced at $2 in and $6 out per 1 million tokens, intended to make long-context experimentation more affordable. Fugu Ultra v2 is priced higher at $5 in and $30 out per 1 million tokens. AI

IMPACT These releases offer increased context window capabilities and varied pricing models for long-context experimentation.

RANK_REASON New commercial model releases from an AI lab. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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Sakana AI releases Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 with 1M context

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COVERAGE [2]

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

    Fugu Max (Sakana AI) just hit the tracker: 1M-token context, $2 in/$6 out per 1M, commercial. It’s priced to make long-context experimentation cheap—worth a loo

    Fugu Max (Sakana AI) just hit the tracker: 1M-token context, $2 in/$6 out per 1M, commercial. It’s priced to make long-context experimentation cheap—worth a look at how it stacks up against rivals. Open the hourly list to compare: https:// olud.ai/latest.html # AI # LLM

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

    🧬 Just added to the tracker: Fugu Ultra v2 (Sakana AI) Context: 1M tokens · $5 in / $30 out per 1M · commercial All the latest models, tracked hourly: https://

    🧬 Just added to the tracker: 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