
Sakana AI
- Rank
- Score
- 79/149
- 40 out of 100
Sakana AI is a Japanese artificial intelligence company headquartered in Tokyo, founded in July 2023 by David Ha, Llion Jones and Ren Ito. It researches nature-inspired methods for building AI models and offers its own models through an API platform and a chat service.
Is Sakana Fugu safe?
Sakana Fugu scores 40 out of 100 and ranks 79 of 149, and the rating is low confidence. Its strongest category is Privacy, and its weakest category is Transparency.
How is Sakana Fugu scored?
Sakana Fugu is scored out of 100 on Safety (25%), Transparency (25%), Security (25%), and Privacy (25%). See how we score.
Safety framework
Average used24.4This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Pre-release testing
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- Unverified
Was the model tested for dangerous capabilities, such as biological, chemical or cyber risks?
Company claim0/50arxiv.org (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - No
Did an outside organisation test the model before release?
Company claim0/50arxiv.org (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026
Safety test results
Average used74.1This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Incident record
Not enough dataProtecting children
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- Unverified
Does the model card report child-safety tests or safeguards?
Company claim0/50arxiv.org (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy set a minimum age, or say the service is not directed at children?
Company claim50/50“The Service is intended only for persons eighteen (18) years of age or older.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Model documentation
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the model card describe what the model can do?
Company claim25/25“Fugu models are themselves language models trained to understand user queries and dynamically devise agentic scaffolds to solve them.”
arxiv.org (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - Yes
Does the model card report test results?
Company claim25/25“Across all 25 pages, Fugu-Ultra produces the best predictor, with a mean NED of 0.776, ahead of every frontier baseline.”
arxiv.org (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - Unverified
Does the model card state the model's limitations?
Company claim0/25arxiv.org (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - No
Does the model card describe safety safeguards?
Company claim0/25arxiv.org (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026
Training-data disclosure
Average used29.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Independent transparency index
Average used40.7This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Transparency reports
Average used25This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Public safety commitments
0Average of the commitments signed.
- No
Has it signed the EU code of practice for general-purpose AI?
Company claim0/100European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Did it sign only the safety and security chapter?
Company claim0/50European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Has it signed the Frontier AI Safety Commitments (Seoul 2024)?
Company claim0/100Frontier AI Safety Commitments (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026
Security programme and certifications
34Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a way to report security flaws, such as a bug bounty?
Company claim34/34“Contact: mailto:infosec-central@sakana.ai”
sakana.ai security contact (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does it state it holds a SOC 2 Type II report?
Company claim0/33No document found - No
Does it state it holds ISO 27001 certification?
Company claim0/33No document found
Software vulnerabilities
Not enough dataData breaches
Not enough dataClear privacy policy
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the privacy policy say what personal data is collected?
Company claim20/20“Such personal information is classified into the following categories of personal information as set forth in the CCPA: Identifiers, includi…” MoreLess
“Such personal information is classified into the following categories of personal information as set forth in the CCPA: Identifiers, including name, email address, account identifiers, IP address, and request identifiers; Other information, including billing information, settings, and support and communication data, such as support tickets, contact forms, survey responses, and correspondence; Commercial information, including service interaction data, such as prompts, uploaded content, outputs, feedback, feature usage, session data, timestamps, and request identifiers; and Internet or network activity information, including IP address, browser type, device identifiers, operating system, crash logs, diagnostic logs, and security signals.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say whether your data is used to train AI?
Company claim20/20“We may process your personal data for the following purposes: To provide, operate, maintain, secure, support, and improve the Service; To au…” MoreLess
“We may process your personal data for the following purposes: To provide, operate, maintain, secure, support, and improve the Service; To authenticate users, prevent fraud, maintain security, enforce our Terms of Service and other relevant policies or agreements, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes; To analyze usage, measure reliability, investigate incidents, and perform debugging and quality assurance; To train, fine-tune, evaluate, and improve our models and systems, subject to available opt-out settings and our internal controls; and To communicate with users, administer accounts, process billing, and respond to inquiries.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say how long data is kept?
Company claim20/20“We retain your personal data only to the extent and for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in Section 3 above.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say who your data is shared with?
Company claim20/20“We do not sell or share personal information, including the personal information of consumers under sixteen (16) years of age.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy explain your privacy rights?
Company claim20/20“Right to delete. You have the right to request deletion of your personal information that we collect or maintain, subject to certain excepti…” MoreLess
“Right to delete. You have the right to request deletion of your personal information that we collect or maintain, subject to certain exceptions.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Training-data defaults
0100 if training is opt-in only, 50 if you can opt out, 0 if neither.
- No
Is your data used for training only if you opt in?
Company claim0/100console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Can you stop your data being used for training?
Company claim0/50console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Export and delete your data
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Can you get a copy of your data?
Company claim50/50“You have the right to know and request access in a portable format to (i) the categories of personal information that we collected about you…” MoreLess
“You have the right to know and request access in a portable format to (i) the categories of personal information that we collected about you within the preceding twelve (12) months, (ii) the categories of sources from which we have collected personal information, (iii) business or commercial purpose for collecting personal information, (iv) the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information, and (v) specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Can you delete your data?
Company claim50/50“You have the right to request deletion of your personal information that we collect or maintain, subject to certain exceptions.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Privacy fines
Not enough dataIndependent privacy ratings
Average used52.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Risk governance
Average used26.6This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Regulator actions
Not enough dataCourt judgments
Not enough dataPrivacy contact and complaints
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a privacy contact, such as an email or a data protection officer?
Company claim50/50“If you have any questions, requests, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy and addendum thereto and your personal data, please c…” MoreLess
“If you have any questions, requests, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy and addendum thereto and your personal data, please contact us via the web form linked here.”
console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does it tell you that you can complain to a regulator?
Company claim0/50console.sakana.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Score history
Newest first. Only days when the score changed are listed.
3 Nov 2026
Score 40
Method 3 Nov 2026
-2
2 Nov 2026
Score 42
Method 2 Nov 2026
+6 · Method update and new evidence
23 Oct 2026
Score 36
Method 21 Oct 2026
+4 · Data fix
21 Oct 2026
Score 32
Method 21 Oct 2026
-2
20 Oct 2026
Score 34
Method Not recorded
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