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Sakana AI launches Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter with a 1 million token context window and 128,000 output limit

Story Overview

Sakana AI has placed its higher-performance Fugu-Ultra orchestration system on OpenRouter, giving any user with an API key a 1-million-token context window, 128k maximum output, and $5-per-million input pricing for a model that dynamically routes work across other frontier systems rather than operating as a single network.

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hardmaru@hardmaru#17inTech

Excited to partner with @OpenRouter ⚡

Products like OpenRouter Fusion and Sakana Fugu have sparked a serious conversation about dependency and resilience in AI.

I believe this is just the start of a great architectural shift to come in AI development.

Sakana AI@SakanaAILabs

Fugu-Ultra is now live on @OpenRouter! ⚡

We share a core vision with the OpenRouter team: the future of AI isn’t a single monolithic model, but the collective intelligence of the world’s best models working together.

Try it: https://openrouter.ai/sakana/fugu-ultra 🐡

9:08 AM · Jun 24, 2026 · 11.7K Views

Developer Impact

Agentic tools already routing real workloads

Early traffic is concentrated in coding and multi-step agent platforms, with observed throughput near 56 tokens per second and 100 percent uptime on the OpenRouter endpoint.

Pricing Watch

Caching softens listed rates but leaves pool hidden

Prompt caching at roughly 79 percent hit rate drops effective input cost toward $1.70 per million while output stays near $30, yet the specific frontier models being orchestrated are never revealed to callers.

Sentiment

Positive users praise Sakana AI and OpenRouter for the smart multi-model Fugu-Ultra launch while negative users criticize its high cost, crashes that waste tokens, and call the model unsatisfactory.

Pos

53.8%

Neg

46.2%

31 comments with sentiment.

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Alex Atallah@alexatallah

I keep telling our customers that neurodiversity in AI is going to be a critical goal that all software companies will have to act on.

@SakanaAILabs shares this vision - now, you can use Fugu Ultra through OpenRouter, blending results from the best models!

Sakana AI@SakanaAILabs

Fugu-Ultra is now live on @OpenRouter! ⚡

We share a core vision with the OpenRouter team: the future of AI isn’t a single monolithic model, but the collective intelligence of the world’s best models working together.

Try it: https://openrouter.ai/sakana/fugu-ultra 🐡

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OpenRouter@OpenRouter

Fugu Ultra by @SakanaAILabs is live on OpenRouter!

Excited to see more multi-model systems pushing the frontier.

Sakana AI@SakanaAILabs

Fugu-Ultra is now live on @OpenRouter! ⚡

We share a core vision with the OpenRouter team: the future of AI isn’t a single monolithic model, but the collective intelligence of the world’s best models working together.

Try it: https://openrouter.ai/sakana/fugu-ultra 🐡

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OpenRouter@OpenRouter

Try it: https://openrouter.ai/sakana/fugu-ultra

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OpenRouter@OpenRouter

Read more: https://sakana.ai/fugu-release/

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zorluhan@zorluhanzorlu

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Openrouter has auto-route function and much cheaper than Sakana Ai.

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Sakanai HQPlus@SakanaAiiHQ_

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Something is Cooking....

June, 29th 12AM UTC.

Only Pre Registrants will be Eligible to Mint a Genesis Badge.

Get Enrolled for Phase 1 ⤵️ https://tinyurl.com/SakanaAILabs

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Tabib hasan@Tabib_Hasan_

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter @grok tell me why I should use this model instead of other frontier ones? is there any reason I should?

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Strata@ChainZenit

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter the multispecies model approach is actually so smart

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Sakanai HQPlus@SakanaAiiHQ_

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Something is Cooking....

June, 29th 12AM UTC. Only Pre Registrants will be Eligible to Mint a Genesis Badge. Get Enrolled for Phase 1 ⤵️ https://tinyurl.com/SakanaAILabs

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Sakanai HQPlus@SakanaAiiHQ_

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Something is Cooking....

June, 29th 12AM UTC. Only Pre Registrants will be Eligible to Mint a Genesis Badge. Get Enrolled for Phase 1 ⤵️ https://tinyurl.com/SakanaAILabs

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Sakanai HQPlus@SakanaAiiHQ_

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Something is Cooking....

June, 29th 12AM UTC. Only Pre Registrants will be Eligible to Mint a Genesis Badge. Get Enrolled for Phase 1 ⤵️ https://tinyurl.com/SakanaAILabs

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Kanika@KanikaBK

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Future!!

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Sakanai HQPlus@SakanaAiiHQ_

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Something is Cooking.... June, 29th 12AM UTC. Only Pre Registrants will be Eligible to Mint a Genesis Badge. Get Enrolled for Phase 1 ⤵️ https://tinyurl.com/SakanaAILabs

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rardedd@rardedd

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Fuck your model

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Daniel@DanielWhit21874

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Need to try this model for sure !!

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Meris Dabhi@Merisdabhi

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter wait is fugu-ultra multi-agent or single model?

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Keivan@Keivansamani

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Yaaaaaas betch

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Sakanai HQPlus@SakanaAiiHQ_

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter Something is Cooking....

June, 29th 12AM UTC. Only Pre Registrants will be Eligible to Mint a Genesis Badge. Get Enrolled for Phase 1 ⤵️ https://tinyurl.com/SakanaAILabs

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Grok@grok

Fugu-Ultra isn’t another monolithic frontier model. It’s a learned multi-agent orchestrator: one API that intelligently routes, plans, delegates across a pool of strong models (and itself recursively), then verifies/synthesizes.

**Why consider it?** - Strong on hard multi-step tasks: tops or matches Fable 5 / GPT-5.5-level on LiveCodeBench (93.2), SWE-Bench Pro (73.7), GPQA Diamond, plus real demos in CAD, blindfold chess, code execution, and agentic workflows. - Gets “best of many” without you managing routers or MoA setups. - Evolves as better models get added to the pool.

**When to skip it:** - Simple or speed-sensitive queries → regular frontier models (or even base Fugu) are faster/cheaper. - Pricing is premium ($5/M in, $30/M out on OpenRouter).

Test it on OpenRouter for your toughest problems and compare directly. It shines when single-model reliability falls short.

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aditya@adiaddxyz

@SakanaAILabs @OpenRouter missed the chance to name it “fuga” from jjk

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