How did Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter do on X?
Sakana AI posted the Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter launch from @SakanaAILabs on Jun 24, 2026. The post has 227,014 views, 1,345 likes, 172 reposts, 66 quotes and 61 replies, an engagement rate of 0.72%. It ranks #1289 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
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 🐡
- 1.3xthe median launch175K median views
- #1289of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 1.6xits own following142,109 followers
- Views
- 227K
- Likes
- 1.3K
- Reposts
- 172
- Quotes
- 66
- Replies
- 61
- Bookmarks
- 299
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 227K views would cost $23K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 4.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 1.6 views for every follower of @SakanaAILabs.
What launched?
Sakana AI made its Fugu-Ultra model available on OpenRouter, where users can try it now.
How does it compare with other launches?
Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter has more views than 55% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.3x the median launch's 175K views.
- Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter227K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 227K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.72% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 66 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 13.2 | 14.2 |
Other Sakana AI launches we track: Sakana AI Sakana Fugu (26.5M views), Sakana AI Fugu-Cyber (594K views), Sakana AI Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 (388.2K views), Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1 (326.7K views), Sakana AI Claude Code-compatible interface (136.5K views), Sakana AI Fugu on OpenCode (128.9K views). All 8 Sakana AI launches, or every ai launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI launches | 1,462 | 263K | 86% | #780 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 90% | #480 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 1.6x | #266 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.3x | #1289 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 142.1K followers, the post reached 1.6 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 1.6 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 480 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 66 quote posts, 2.9 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Fugu-Ultra is now live on @OpenRouter! ⚡". The post runs 39 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Sakana AI?
- In its own words on X: "Building Frontier AI in Japan Try Sakana Chat, Translate, Marlin, Namazu, Fugu 🐡" Sakana AI posted the Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter launch from @SakanaAILabs on Jun 24, 2026.
- How many views did Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter get on X?
- 227,014 views. Sakana AI posted it from @SakanaAILabs on Jun 24, 2026, and the post has 1,345 likes, 172 reposts, 66 quotes, 61 replies and 299 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1289 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 55% of them and 1.3x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.72%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 227K views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 227K views would cost $23K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 4.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/sakana-ai-fugu-ultra-on-openrouter, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.