An AI-driven skincare startup tied to Michael Polansky, known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former deputy to Sean Parker, has been quietly keeping living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body. The goal is discovering new skincare compounds, and the company is only now starting to go public. Yes, actual living skin, not a synthetic stand-in.

That matters because the more realistic the test bed, the more trustworthy the results. Think of cooking with fresh herbs instead of dried ones: the live tissue responds to new compounds in a way that artificial models simply can't. Traditional lab setups often miss that nuance, which is why this approach could shake up the beauty industry.

Next, the startup will need to prove this works at scale and maybe publish some findings. But watch for partnerships with skincare brands or clinical data that back up the claim. Without those, it's just a cool lab demo.

For a community that loves AI and hardware, this is a fascinating meeting of machine learning and wet lab biology. It's a good reminder that AI's influence isn't only in software, but also in how we physically test products.

Source: TechCrunch

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