Sakana introduces new AI architecture, ‘Continuous Thought Machines’ to make models reason with less guidance — like human brains

Learn MoreTokyo-based artificial intelligence startup Sakana, co-founded by former top Google AI scientists including Llion Jones and David Ha, has unveiled a new type of AI model architecture called Continuous Thought Machines (CTM). As such, each neuron is far more informationally dense and complex than in a typical Transformer model. In maze-solving scenarios, the model produces step-by-step directional outputs from raw images—without using positional embeddings, which are typically essential in transformer models. Sakana AI presents the model as a platform for further research and exploration rather than a plug-and-play enterprise solution. What enterprise AI leaders should know about CTMsThe CTM architecture is still in its early days, but enterprise decision-makers should already take note.