Asian AI startups Sakana AI and China's 360 launched new frontier models this week, pitched as alternatives to Anthropic's export-banned Mythos and…
The two products are aimed at very different jobs, and the contrast tells you how each player reads the moment.
Sakana CEO David Ha framed Fugu as more than a land grab during a vulnerable moment for a U.S.
Where Sakana frames Fugu as a way to preserve access to frontier AI rather than abandon it, 360 made no such gesture.
Expect the framing war to escalate before the technical claims get tested.
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