Sakana AI CEO argues single giant models are losing economic rationale; orchestration is next
SakanaAILabs · x · 2026-11-13
- Sakana AI co-founder and CEO David Ha published an op-ed in the Nikkei morning edition (a translated version of his Nikkei Asia piece).
- He argues the "one giant model does everything" frontier-AI race is losing economic rationality; the competitive axis is shifting from model scale toward orchestration — using RL to route and coordinate multiple models with different strengths. He also introduces Sakana's multi-model orchestration foundation model, "Fugu".
- On AI sovereignty: its essence is not excluding foreign tech, but combining domestic capability to develop and maintain AI with supply-chain resilience that can integrate resources worldwide.
The piece frames a paradigm shift from scaling races to coordinated model ecosystems, with an open-integration view of sovereignty from Japan's perspective.
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