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Sakana AI Co-Founder: A Company's Ability to Swap Models on Demand Is Itself a Deterrent

The US restricted foreign access to Anthropic's frontier models on June 12, then lifted the controls on June 30. Ren Ito's response: build reliable access and multi-model orchestration.

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01Background · After the G7

After One G7 Meeting, the Mood Shifted

Sakana AI co-founder and former Japanese diplomat Ren Ito published this signed article in The Japan News (Yomiuri Shimbun) following the G7 meeting in Évian, France.

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Sakana AI Co-Founder: A Company's Ability to Swap Models on Demand Is Itself a Deterrent

After One G7 Meeting, the Mood Shifted

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