FrontierSeptember 11, 2026via MarkTechPost
Sakana AI Launches Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 for Cheaper, Stronger Multi-Agent Orchestration
Why it matters
Sakana AI is shipping a learned multi-model orchestration architecture that routes tasks to lean, open, specialized models (including NVIDIA Nemotron) at commodity pricing, while Fugu Ultra v2 claims peak capability on reasoning benchmarks. This is a model release and capability story — the orchestration technique and benchmark scores are the news.
Key signals
- Fugu Max: $2/$6 per 1M tokens (input/output pricing)
- Routes to open and specialized models, including NVIDIA Nemotron
- Fugu Ultra v2: 48.3 on Chartography benchmark
- Fugu Ultra v2: 74.3 on DeepSWE benchmark
- Built on learned orchestration architecture
- Released September 2026
The hook
Sakana AI's Fugu Max routes complex tasks to specialized open models at $2/$6 per 1M tokens — a new orchestration play challenging the monolithic model era.
Sakana AI has released Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2, 2 models built on the same learned orchestration architecture. Fugu Max routes tasks to lean open and specialized models, including NVIDIA Nemotron, at $2/$6 per 1M tokens. Fugu Ultra v2 targets peak capability, scoring 48.3 on Chartography and 74.3…