Fugu Max
Fugu Max is the cost-performance model in Sakana AI's Fugu family.
Specifications
| Lab | Sakana |
|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Input price | $2.00/1M |
| Output price | $6.00/1M |
| Release | Sep 2026 |
Strengths
- Cost-performance Fugu variant
- Million-token context window
- Learned routing across specialized agents
Weaknesses
- Lower capability ceiling than Fugu Ultra v2
- Limited independent benchmark history
Best for
- Budget-conscious agent workflows
- Long-context document work
- General reasoning
In Depth: Fugu Max
Summary
Fugu Max is an AI model from Sakana.
Released in Sep 2026. It takes text, image, and file input and produces text output, with a context window of 1M tokens. Input pricing is $2.00 per 1M tokens and output is $6.00 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.