Fugu Max
Summary
Fugu Max is a language model from Sakana, released on 11 Sept 2026. It accepts text, images and files and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 128K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 1 provider we track.
Fugu Max is the cost-performance model in Sakana AI's Fugu family. Rather than a single monolithic model, Fugu is a learned multi-agent orchestration system: a language model trained to route...
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Sakana |
|---|---|
| Release date | 11 Sept 2026 [OpenRouter] |
| Status | Generally available |
| Context window | 1M (1,000,000 tokens) [OpenRouter] |
| Max output | 128K tokens [OpenRouter] |
| Input | Text, images and files [OpenRouter] |
| Output | Text [OpenRouter] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Tool calling | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Structured output | Yes [OpenRouter] |
Fugu Max API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter sakana/fugu-max | $2 | $6 | $0.25 | 1M | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Fugu Max?
Fugu Max has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 128,000 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.
How much does the Fugu Max API cost?
Fugu Max is listed from $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
When was Fugu Max released?
Sakana released Fugu Max on 11 Sept 2026, according to OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.