Backfrom Sakana AI’s own policies · verified 2026-09-02
Sakana AI: data residency & retention
Headquarters
🇯🇵 Japan (Other)
Where inference runs
Not disclosed
No disclosure of where inference runs. Privacy policy only says personal data 'may be transferred to third parties located outside your country of residence, including to Japan and the United States'; ToS notes third-party services may be used, with no geography given.
Region pinning
Not disclosed
No region-pinning or residency controls mentioned in privacy policy or ToS.
Prompt retention
Retained
No fixed window. ToS: company 'is not obligated to retain or store' Inputs/Outputs and may delete Content at its discretion; privacy policy retains data 'as long as reasonably necessary' with schedules possibly in supplemental notices. Content is used for training/evaluation, implying retention.
Trains on API data
Yes, by default
Yes by default. ToS: Content may be used for 'Training AI models developed and operated by the Company... Evaluation and analysis'. Privacy policy: 'To train, fine-tune, evaluate, and improve our models... subject to available opt-out settings.' Opt-out via service interface; non-training uses (service provision, security, legal) continue after opt-out, and opt-out is not retroactive.
Zero data retention
Not offered
No zero-data-retention offering; only a training-use opt-out.
Compiled from Sakana AI’s published privacy policy, terms, and documentation on 2026-09-02. “Not disclosed” means Sakana AI publishes nothing on the point. Policies change without notice, so verify against the sources above before relying on this for compliance decisions.