# Sakana AI: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `08d28284-d0a3-4245-b3b7-4a9a3b07bb7e`

## Key facts

- **Jurgen Schmidhuber joins as Chief Scientific Advisor (Sep 2026):** Company-stated ([company-stated](https://sakana.ai/schmidhuber/)): on Sep 24 2026 Sakana AI announced [Jurgen Schmidhuber](/people/jurgen-schmidhuber.md) is joining as Chief Scientific Advisor alongside his current positions, and will help guide the Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) Lab in Tokyo. Framing: physical AI powered by World Models, bridging Japan's neural-net history and robotics. Company press
- **RSI Lab / World Models physical AI aim (company-stated):** Company-stated ([company-stated](https://sakana.ai/schmidhuber/)): Schmidhuber will help steer Sakana's RSI Lab toward compounding scientific discovery and Sakana's first World Models for systems that research, rewrite their own code, and interact with the physical world. RSI Lab previously announced separately at sakana.ai/rsi-lab. Company ambition, not a shipped product
- **Schmidhuber chief scientific advisor (Sakana, 24 Sep 2026):** Sakana AI's 24 Sep 2026 post says [Jurgen Schmidhuber](/people/jurgen-schmidhuber.md) is joining as Chief Scientific Advisor, alongside his current positions, and will be involved in the company's Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) Lab in Tokyo. The post frames the next step as physical AI and agent-native world models for manufacturing and robotics. Treat the title and lab role as company-stated ([Sakana AI](https://sakana.ai/schmidhuber/))

- **Slug:** sakana-ai
- **Status:** private
- **HQ:** Tokyo, Japan

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Jurgen Schmidhuber](/people/jurgen-schmidhuber.md) Chief Scientific Advisor (RSI Lab) (IR-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Sakana AI?

Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based AI research company building recursive self-improvement systems and world models, with an explicit physical AI / robotics framing. Tracked here after its Sep 24 2026 announcement that Jurgen Schmidhuber joined as Chief Scientific Advisor for the RSI Lab.

### What does Sakana AI make?

Sakana AI has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Sakana AI builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

### Is Sakana AI publicly traded?

No. Sakana AI is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Sakana AI?

Sakana AI is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is Sakana AI headquartered?

Sakana AI is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

### Who owns Sakana AI?

Sakana AI is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is Sakana AI a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Sakana AI ranks in roughly the top 96% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (2)

1. https://sakana.ai/schmidhuber/ · 2026-09-24
2. https://sakana.ai/rsi-lab/ · 2026-06-01

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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