Sakana AI releases Japanese-specialized reasoning model Sakana Namazu
hardmaru · x · 2026-08-18
Sakana AI has released Sakana Namazu, a Japanese-specialized reasoning model built on Kimi K2.6. It combines deep Japanese cultural understanding with high-performance reasoning, integrating web search and code execution for complex business tasks. It is designed for instruction following, business writing, math, coding, and multi-step agent workflows, featuring a 262K context window.
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