TECHNOLOGY · VERIFIED DEVELOPMENT
Polansky’s AI Startup Brings Living Skin Tissue to the Lab
WHY IT MATTERS
The approach could accelerate discovery of safer, more effective skincare products by combining real human tissue with AI, potentially transforming the beauty industry’s research and development process.
What happened
Michael Polansky, known as Lady Gaga’s partner and former top deputy to Sean Parker, has quietly developed an AI‑driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body.
The company uses the tissue to train AI models that identify new skincare compounds.
After years of behind‑the‑scenes work, Polansky is now announcing the venture publicly, marking a significant step toward integrating biological tissue with machine learning for cosmetic innovation.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
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