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LG H&H

Discovery AI for cosmetic ingredient candidates

LG H&H reported cutting material candidate discovery from 1 year 10 months to 1 day

WorkingCompany's own claim

Problem

Finding candidate materials took 1 year 10 months.

Approach

LG H&H used Discovery, an EXAONE model specialized in material discovery. EXAONE supported its search for cosmetic ingredients.

Results

1 daycandidate discovery time, previously 1 year 10 monthsCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

The timing covered candidate discovery, rather than ingredient testing or commercialization.

Categories

Business function
IT and R&D
Innovation type
Process innovation
AI technology
Generative AI
Evidence
Company's own claim

Sources

Source summaries

[1]MoneyToday13 Jan 2026

MoneyToday reported that LG H&H used Discovery to find material candidates. It said discovery took 1 day instead of 1 year 10 months.

[2]The Asia Business Daily21 Oct 2025

LG AI Research's chief identified cosmetic ingredient discovery at LG Household & Health Care as an existing EXAONE application. He described AI support for predicting material properties and designing materials.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026
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