IlluminateAI and Groupe Clarins took the stage at South Summit in Madrid, Spain last week for the AI in Action: Building the Personalization Layer of Beauty panel. The premier conference for entrepreneurship, innovation and start ups welcomed Alex Nkengne, PhD who directs innovation at Clarins and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon who leads Strategy at illuminateAI, to discuss how AI is transforming the $1.2 trillion beauty industry. From in-store diagnostics to hyper-personalised recommendations, technology is fundamentally changing how consumers discover, buy, and experience skincare.
Covered in the conversation, lead by Andrea Beleván of the South Summit team, was how together, Clarins and illuminateAI are pioneering personalization in beauty based on the precision of skin measurement.
Today’s beauty brands are looking for innovative ways to unlock the power of data and illuminateAI’s breakthrough technology is facilitating just that with science and the power of spectroscopy. Alex and Gayle discussed in detail, how the work Clarins innovation team along with illuminateAI, is transforming the beauty experience for in store customers while equipping Clarins Beauty Coaches with accurate data on each client to recommend the best foundation shade as well as complimentary color products.
As a catalyst for innovation and spark for start-up founders, South Summit was the ideal setting for introducing illuminateAI to a broad audience. The speaker line up, including executives from Google, BBVA, Mastercard and Endeavor were joined by founders and leaders of the world’s most exciting startups, venture funds and family offices to network and share knowledge and ideas in their respective fields.