Sakana AI ships five products in 2026 as it builds a GTM team from scratch
SakanaAILabs · x · 2026-10-27
Sakana AI published an interview with VP of GTM Hidekazu Kakishima, marking its shift from pure R&D to product company.
- In 2026 the lab shipped Sakana Chat, Marlin, Fugu, Translate, and Namazu, now delivering research-born products to enterprises and government agencies.
- The GTM team formally launched in September 2026, spanning AEs, forward-deployed engineers, partnerships, and customer success.
- Kakishima previously led strategic accounts at early AWS Japan, co-founded IoT startup SORACOM, and drove robotics adoption at Skydio.
- The interview covers how to sell research-derived products and build go-to-market systems from zero.
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