They have an impressive set of investors [1]. Also, HN Headline [2] from the other day with 100+ comments.

1. https://sakana.ai/company-info/?lang=en

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48624782

Has either of these companies released models before this? It's hard to believe that they could release a supposed Mythos-level model just out-of-the-blue. Deepseek, Z.ai, Alibaba/Qwen have been at this for a lot longer and have been releasing models with steadily increasing capabilities for about 18 months now. I find it hard to believe that these new companies would just suddenly release a Mythos-level model without releasing anything prior.

	▲	khurs 9 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		https://sakana.ai/company-info/?lang=en 1 x Co-author of the landmark "Attention Is All You Need" paper 1 x google researcher 20+ big name investors funding Founded July 2023 so been working on it a few years, it may fall short but they have the money and talent to be potentially decent.
	▲	pogue 29 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		How do we define "mythos level" exactly outside of marketing buzz? I don't even think the majority of us can access Mythos yet even to make a comparison.