<h1>Cosmetics giant highlights North Asia innovation partnerships with Chinese biotech Japanese AI Korean sleep-tech startups</h1> A major cosmetics company showcased its North Asia open innovation ecosystem at a technology conference in Paris, highlighting partnerships with startups from China, Japan, and South Korea through its beauty tech innovation program. The forum featured three winning startups: a Chinese biotech company developing natural active ingredients, a Japanese generative AI firm creating visual content, and a South Korean sleep-tech company using sound-based AI. The company's deputy CEO emphasized the importance of co-creation and collaboration in advancing beauty technology frontiers, with the North Asia model expanding globally to accelerate cross-border partnerships and disruptive solution development.