Sakana AI · Released Sep 11, 2026Fugu Max
Multi-agent model for routing expert agents across complex analytical tasks.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $2.00per 1M tokens
- Output
- $6.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 1M128K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $2.00per million tokens
- Output
- $6.00per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $3.00pricier than 76% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $7.00 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $80.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $800.00 |
Median of 9 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Fugu Max yet.
The details
- Lab
- Sakana AI
- Released
- Sep 11, 2026
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 128,000 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, PDFs
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Always on
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 9 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Fugu Max
How much does Fugu Max cost?
Fugu Max costs $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (median across 9 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $3.00 per million tokens, more expensive than 76% of the 445 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Fugu Max?
Fugu Max accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens per request and can write up to 128,000 tokens in one response.
How good is Fugu Max?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Fugu Max yet.
Is Fugu Max open source?
No. Fugu Max is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Fugu Max support?
Fugu Max accepts text, images and PDFs and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Fugu Max released?
Sakana AI released Fugu Max on Sep 11, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Fugu Max?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (Alibaba (Qwen), $2.00 / $6.00), Pareto (Unbiased, $2.57 / $7.72), Kimi K3.1 Pro (Moonshot AI, $2.00 / $10.00) and MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed (Xiaomi, $4.35 / $8.70).