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Sakana AI Wins Award at US-Japan Competition for Defense Innovation

Sakana AI proposed new AI solutions in both the biodefense and disinformation countermeasure categories at a competition jointly hosted by the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA). Out of 60 companies from around the world who participated, Sakana AI won one of the three awards at the competition. The US-Japan Global Innovation Challenge 2025 is a competition jointly hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) and the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The goal of the competition is to promote defense innovation by identifying companies capable of developing novel technologies that can help advance biodefense solutions and counter disinformation. Participating companies had a month to develop and submit their proposals for one of two themes related to biodefense or countering disinformation. Experts from the US Department of Defense and the Japanese Ministry of Defense reviewed the proposals submitted by 60 companies, and selected 6 finalists for each of the two themes. …

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23 Mar 2025 15:00 UTC

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