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Keiichi Masuda
Sakana AI · Nature-Inspired Generative AI Models
Keiichi Masuda co-founded Sakana AI in mid-2023 in Tokyo, developing nature-inspired collective AI models. The former Google Brain researcher and ex-Goldman Sachs derivatives trader is building Japan’s most promising AI foundation model lab.
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