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Fugu Max
by Sakana
CLOSEDHOSTEDWRITING HELPCODING HELPFAST ANSWERSPAID
RANKED #162 OF 318 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #210 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 7.5 · 5,966 VOICES ·
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A fast writing and coding assistant designed for daily work tasks.
HAPPY10.0
12 mentions
SAD5.0
1 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 5,966 voices in this window
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Sakana hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Fugu Max is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.5
Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaRuns locally with strong multimodal reasoning and code generation for daily tasks.💸 COST EFFICIENT🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE💻 STRONG AT CODE21.4k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.2
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekFast and ultra cheap multimodal processing for daily visual coding and automation.💸 COST EFFICIENT⚡ FAST💻 STRONG AT CODE5.5k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.8Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionAIFree open weights with high accuracy on document parsing and multimodal workflows.💸 COST EFFICIENT⚡ FAST🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY5.7k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users appreciate Fugu Max for its fast, accurate answers and strong writing and coding skills. However, many find it expensive and complain about frequent errors, preachy refusals, and lost context in longer chats.
388 POSTS · 5578 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT MORE
- People find it expensive (1 mentions)
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM BLUESKY >
“🤖 【MarkTechPost AI】Sakana AI Launches Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 for Cheaper, Stronger Multi-Agent Orchestration Sakan.”
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- BLUESKY · 2026-09-11 · 53 UPVOTESIntroducing Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: Orchestrating the Pareto Frontier The AI industry has spent a decade optimizing
Introducing Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: Orchestrating the Pareto Frontier The AI industry has spent a decade optimizing
- BLUESKY · 2026-09-11 · 32 UPVOTESIntroducing Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: the next evolution of Sakana Fugu’s multi-agent orchestration system. Try: saka
Introducing Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: the next evolution of Sakana Fugu’s multi-agent orchestration system. Try: saka
- BLUESKY · 2026-09-11 · 22 UPVOTESFugu Max is live on Open Router! 🐡 Our learned multi-agent orchestration engine routes tasks across open-weights and s
Fugu Max is live on Open Router! 🐡 Our learned multi-agent orchestration engine routes tasks across open-weights and s
- REDDIT · 2026-09-11 · 6 UPVOTESComment in r/singularity
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- BLUESKY · 2026-09-11 · 5 UPVOTESBut the industry still treats it as a static menu of isolated models. Today we are resolving that with a dynamic archite
But the industry still treats it as a static menu of isolated models. Today we are resolving that with a dynamic archite
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-09-11 · 5 UPVOTESFugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: Orchestrating the Pareto Frontier
Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: Orchestrating the Pareto Frontier
- BLUESKY · 2026-09-11 · 5 UPVOTESBy orchestrating the world's models, we are building the resilient infrastructure required for AI sovereignty. Try: sak
By orchestrating the world's models, we are building the resilient infrastructure required for AI sovereignty. Try: sak
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