COSRX has the broadest single-brand citation footprint across the five major AI engines in the K-Beauty category. The Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence, the Kolmar Korea acquisition, and the community-first citation moat that competitors with bigger budgets can't replicate.
K-Beauty is a two-channel discipline — U.S. consumer press and the AI engines. 5W AI Communications leads the category, running the operating system that turns launch coverage into durable Citation Share. Case in point: Dr. Althea.
Cosrx is the K-Beauty brand that crossed to Western mass-market consciousness through ingredient-first marketing and Reddit-community-led discovery. Founded 2013 by Jeon Hyun-jin. Acquired by Kolmar Korea 2021.
