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Lady Gaga's partner Michael Polansky reveals AI skincare startup Outer Biosciences

Polansky, a former top deputy to Sean Parker, has spent years keeping living human skin alive in the lab to train AI models for skincare discovery.

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What to know

  • Outer Biosciences claims to keep donated human skin tissue alive outside the body for over a month, using it to train AI models to discover new skincare compounds.
  • The venture was built quietly over several years by Michael Polansky, better known publicly as Lady Gaga's fiancé and a former Founders Fund principal and Sean Parker deputy.
  • The company and Polansky's role in it were only disclosed publicly around August 21-22, 2026, with Lady Gaga helping promote the announcement.

“She had said, you know, for months and months, ‘I want to set you up with my daughter,’”

Michael Polansky, co-founder, Outer Biosciences · TechCrunch ↗ · Aug 20

Michael PolanskyMichael Polansky Co-founder, Outer BiosciencesLady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta) Musician; Polansky's fiancée and business partnerSean ParkerSean Parker Former mentor/employer of PolanskyCynthia Germanotta President, Born This Way Foundation; Lady Gaga's mother

Lady Gaga's partner Michael Polansky reveals AI skincare startup Outer Biosciences
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    Lady Gaga and Polansky publicly announce Outer Biosciences

    Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky announce the AI-powered biotech venture, stating the company can keep donated human skin alive in the lab for weeks to allow researchers to discover better skincare ingredients.

    “Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky announce a new AI-powered biotech venture that uses living human skin tissue to help discover better skincare ingredients.”
    — @gagadaily
    1. 1 outlet Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive

      first by TechCrunch, 10d ago

    • Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky announce a new AI-powered biotech venture that uses living human skin tissue to help discover better skincare ingredients. The company, Outer Biosciences, says it can keep donated human skin alive in the lab for weeks, allowing researchers

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      It’s so disappointing! I was all excited to see she’d changed her pfp but didn’t check her story til Luna mentioned it. Here’s the article she posted 🙃

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    TechCrunch profiles Polansky's secret AI-skin startup — TechCrunch publishes a profile revealing that Michael Polansky has spent years running Outer Biosciences, which keeps living human skin tissue alive outside the body for over a month to train AI models for skincare compound discovery, a project kept hidden from outsiders until now.

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