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Sakana AI

A company building frontier AI in Japan, offering AI chat and English-Japanese translation and proofreading tools.

Last Updated 9/11/2026

About Sakana AI

Sakana AI is a company building frontier artificial intelligence in Japan; the website footer reads “Tokyo, Japan © 2026 Sakana AI 株式会社”. Its products include the AI chat service Sakana Chat and language tool Sakana Translate: the chat page uses “One question to start the day” as its prompt, names its assistant Namazu, and warns that generated content may be inaccurate or contain errors; the translation tool offers English and Japanese options for translating and proofreading entered text, with the input counter showing 0/2,000 characters in real time. The website also has an inquiry entry point for businesses.

Best for

Users seeking everyday AI Q&A
Users needing English-Japanese translation
Users needing text proofreading
Businesses seeking consultation or partnerships

Best use cases

Open Sakana Chat and ask assistant Namazu a question

Paste text into Sakana Translate and click Translate

Use Proofread to check the entered text

Business users consult through the Enterprise inquiries entry point

Features

AI chat

Chat with assistant Namazu through the Sakana Chat website, starting the day with “One question to start the day”.

English-Japanese translation

In Sakana Translate, enter text, choose English or Japanese, then click Translate to translate it.

Text proofreading

The translation page provides a Proofread button for proofreading entered text.

Character count

An input counter shows 0/2,000 in real time, making the remaining input capacity easy to track.

Pros

  • Offers AI chat plus English-Japanese translation and proofreading
  • Translation input shows a live character count (0/2,000)
  • Provides a dedicated enterprise inquiry entry point

Cons

  • Official notice says generated content may be inaccurate or contain errors
  • Sakana Translate input is limited to 2,000 characters

FAQ

The input counter shows 0/2,000, and each input is limited to 2,000 characters.
The page warns that generated content may be inaccurate or untrue; review it carefully when using it.

Tool Information

DeveloperSakana AI
Release Date9/11/2026
PricingFree