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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive

Source: TechCrunch • Published: 22 Aug 2026, 01:31

Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive

Report on a startup combining living human skin tissue maintenance with AI to accelerate discovery of new topical cosmetic compounds and testing workflows.

Key Takeaways
  • Both the founder of a buzzy AI and biology startup called Outer Biosciences and the creative
  • He logged three years at the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates — “a very unique place,” Polansky says over coffee
  • (Both outfits receive federal funding from the NIH and the National Cancer Institute without being federally operated.)
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