I Battle Tested Sakana Fugu's Fable Killer
Nate Herk | AI Automation2026Watch on YouTube
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My FREE AI OS Course: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about?el=sakana-fugu-test&hcategory=youtube-videos&utm_campaign=free-group Full courses + unlimited support: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society-plus/about?el=sakana-fugu-test&hcategory=youtube-videos&utm_campaign=ais-plus Apply for my YT podcast: https://podcast.nateherk.com/apply Work with me: https://uppitai.com/ My Tools💻 FREE MONTH voice to text: https://get.glaido.com/nate Code NATEHERK for 10% off VPS (annual plan): https://www.hostinger.com/vps/claude-code-hosting Sakana dropped Fugu Ultra and the announcement went viral claiming it matches Fable and Mythos. Fugu isn't a new model. It's one API that orchestrates and routes tasks across frontier models like Opus, GPT, and Gemini, kind of like Claude Code spinning up sub-agents, just automatic. So I ran Fugu Ultra against Claude Opus 4.8 across 38 tasks to see if the orchestration actually wins. In this video you'll see where it landed on quality, speed, and cost, and why I'm not switching off my Claude Code and Codex subscriptions yet. Sponsorship Inquiries: 📧 nate@smoothmedia.co Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nateherkelman/ https://x.com/nateherk https://www.instagram.com/nateherk/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro & Fugu Dashboard Demo 1:00 How Fugu Actually Works 2:32 Running Fugu In Claude Code 3:30 The Orchestration Spectrum 5:07 vs Open Router Fusion API 5:39 Speed And Cost Reality 6:28 The 38-Task Test 10:27 Final Takeaway 11:45 Outro