How did Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1 do on X?
Sakana AI posted the Fugu-Ultra v1.1 launch from @SakanaAILabs on Jul 24, 2026. The post has 326,713 views, 2,607 likes, 291 reposts, 106 quotes and 134 replies, an engagement rate of 0.96%. It ranks #1083 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Announcing Fugu-Ultra v1.1 🐡 We’ve been thrilled by the reception to the Fugu model family. Thanks to everyone who tried it, shared feedback, and trusted Fugu with real work. Today, we’re releasing Fugu-Ultra v1.1 → https://sakana.ai/fugu Upgraded to incorporate the latest frontier models, resulting in stronger performance across every benchmark shown, including gains of up to 7.9 points over v1.0, with particularly strong results on ProgramBench and Terminal Bench 2.1. Fugu-Ultra v1.1 is more capable across coding, agentic tasks, and advanced reasoning, and available at the same price as Fugu-Ultra v1.0 The frontier keeps moving, and Fugu keeps getting better.
- 1.9xthe median launch175K median views
- #1083of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 2.3xits own following142,109 followers
- Views
- 326.7K
- Likes
- 2.6K
- Reposts
- 291
- Quotes
- 106
- Replies
- 134
- Bookmarks
- 731
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, 326.7K views would cost $33K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 2.3 views for every follower of @SakanaAILabs.
What launched?
Sakana AI released Fugu-Ultra v1.1, upgraded to incorporate the latest frontier models, with gains of up to 7.9 points over v1.0.
How does it compare with other launches?
Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1 has more views than 62% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.9x the median launch's 175K views.
- Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1326.7K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 326.7K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.96% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 106 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 22.4 | 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 on OpenRouter (227K 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 | 1.2x | #679 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 1.3x | #390 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 2.3x | #219 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.9x | #1083 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 142.1K followers, the post reached 2.3 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 2.4 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 390 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 106 quote posts, 3.2 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 "Announcing Fugu-Ultra v1.1 🐡". The post runs 99 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 Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 162.2K 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 v1.1 launch from @SakanaAILabs on Jul 24, 2026.
- How many views did Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1 get on X?
- 326,713 views. Sakana AI posted it from @SakanaAILabs on Jul 24, 2026, and the post has 2,607 likes, 291 reposts, 106 quotes, 134 replies and 731 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1083 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 62% of them and 1.9x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.96%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 326.7K 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, 326.7K views would cost $33K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/sakana-ai-fugu-ultra-v1-1, 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.