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On 2026-06-27 @michael_chomsky tweeted that Sakana AI built a 'model router' and…

2026-06-27 · 01:58 UTC ·@michael_chomsky ·1 min read

Brief

Michael Chomsky (@michael_chomsky) argues that Sakana AI's creation of a 'model router'—called the future of Japanese AI—typifies a 'Money Scaling Intelligence Company' approach: more compute (money) produces more intelligence. He advocates model routing (oracle LMs aiding small models), background compute/dreaming, and vertical/horizontal scaling while rejecting the idea of models as fixed artistic works like Fable.

Why it matters

On 2026-06-27 @michael_chomsky tweeted that Sakana AI built a 'model router' and was being called the future of Japanese AI.

Key details

  • He labels Sakana a 'Money Scaling Intelligence Company' and asserts that adding compute (money) yields more intelligence, referencing his prior point that more compute produces more interesting and robust research.
  • He argues the future is model routing—oracle large models helping smaller models, background compute/'dreaming', and vertical/horizontal scaling—and criticizes treating models like Fable as fixed works, saying not routing is wasteful and benefits the big labs.
Source evidence

Sakana AI really just made a model router and was called the future of Japanese AI.

Previously they made waves with the incredibly observant observation that more compute results in more interesting and robust research.

If I had to describe Sakana as a company in a few words, it's the Money Scaling Intelligence Company.

Add more compute (money) and you get more intelligence.

Not hating at all, we actually need more of this. There's this idea that things like Fable are individual works of art, that are not possible to improve and should be used individually.

NO! this is, of course, profoundly dumb. You should be model routing. If you're not model routing, you're just throwing away intelligence and burning money, and donating to the big labs.

The future is routing. The future is oracle large models helping small models. The future is background compute/dreaming. The future is expensive, but not needlessly wasteful, vertically and horizontally scaled intelligence.