# lululab Inc.

> lululab Inc. is a South Korean beauty-and-healthcare AI company spun off from Samsung Electronics' C-Lab incubator in 2017. Its Lumini platform uses deep-learning computer vision to analyze a person's facial skin across seven categories - wrinkles, pores, acne, sebum, melasma, redness, and oil/moisture balance - from a single photo in about ten seconds, then recommends tailored products and routines. Built on a database of more than five million skin data points with claimed accuracy above 90%, lululab sells AI kiosks (Lumini Kiosk), a home device (Lumini Home), and an embeddable mobile SDK (Lumini SDK) to retailers, clinics, and brands worldwide.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Founders:** Yongjoon Choe (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~33 employees
- **Products:** Lumini (app), Lumini Kiosk, Lumini Home, Lumini SDK
- **Notable:** Spun off from Samsung Electronics' C-Lab in 2017 as the program's 22nd spin-off company, CES Innovation Award honoree for four consecutive years, Won CES 2020 Innovation Awards in two categories: Health & Wellness and Software & Mobile Apps

## Products & services

- **Lumini (app)** — AI skincare assistant that scans a user's face and analyzes skin across multiple categories from a photo, then recommends suitable products and routines.
- **Lumini Kiosk** — Self-service smart-mirror kiosk for retail and clinics that analyzes seven skin categories from a single photo and integrates payment and product recommendation systems.
- **Lumini Home** — Compact tabletop device that lets households track and manage their family's skin daily with AI-based personalized care and connected-device integration.
- **Lumini SDK** — Embeddable software development kit that lets businesses add lululab's skin-analysis engine to their own iOS, Android, and JavaScript/web applications.

## Achievements

- Spun off from Samsung Electronics' C-Lab in 2017 as the program's 22nd spin-off company
- CES Innovation Award honoree for four consecutive years
- Won CES 2020 Innovation Awards in two categories: Health & Wellness and Software & Mobile Apps
- LUMINI named a CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree in the biotech category
- Built a database of 5M+ skin data points with claimed 90%+ (reported up to 92%) analysis accuracy
- Raised a Series C of roughly $20M in 2022

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Signed an MOU with Spectricity to demonstrate multispectral-imaging-based skin analysis for mobile devices.
- **2022** — Closed a reported ~$20M Series C round to scale its AI skin-analysis platform globally.
- **2020-11** — Secured Series B funding led by Netmarble, with L&C Bio, Global Medical Research Center, and CTK Investment.

## Links

- Website: https://lulu-lab.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lululab/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/IncLululab
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lululab8633
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lululab.official
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lululab.official

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Last updated: 2026-06-14