SINGAPORE, Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The launch of the LG Life's Good AI Home @ Harvey Norman Millenia Walk Flagship Store marks the next chapter in their collaboration to redefine home innovation and further Harvey Norman's vision of bringing experiential shopping to life through its flagship store.
"Our partnership with LG has grown from strength to strength over the years, and we are honoured to partner with them on world's first anchor LG AI Home Experience Zone, located within our flagship store." Ms Bernice Kwok, Managing Director of Harvey Norman Singapore and Malaysia.
One of the key highlights within the newly renovated LG AI Home is the miniature LG AI Home display, which showcases LG's vision of how Affectionate Intelligence can create a more personalised and intuitive start to the day.
"At LG, we believe AI should do more than connect devices. It should make everyday life easier, more convenient, and more enjoyable." Mr. Fabian Lee Kunho, Managing Director of LG Electronics Singapore.
Powered by LG's Affectionate Intelligence vision, the immersive diorama display allows visitors to explore how an AI-powered home is able to understand individual routines and preferences, proactively supporting daily activities with personalised recommendations and seamless automation. From recognising user habits to adapting home environments based on different scenarios, the experience demonstrates how AI can simplify everyday living and create a more connected lifestyle.
What Else to Expect at the LG Life's Good AI Home?
Designed as an immersive journey, the experience zone guides visitors through a series of thoughtfully curated spaces, including the entrance, kitchen, laundry and styling area, living and kids' room, as well as the display window showcase. Through interactive demonstrations and connected smart home solutions, visitors can discover how LG's AI-powered ecosystem enhances everyday living while exploring the brand's latest AI Core-Tech innovations.
Entrance Experience
Starting from the store entrance, customers visitors are welcomed by LG's impressive OLED Flexible Curved Open Space Signage, featuring six seamlessly connected 55" curved OLED displays. The captivating installation transforms the entrance into an immersive digital experience, showcasing LG's groundbreaking display technology with stunning visuals, perfect colour accuracy and innovative form factors.
Kitchen Solutions
Next the kitchen zone, visitors can experience the latest LG Fit & Max French Door Refrigerator with Zero Clearance, designed to fit seamlessly into modern kitchens. Its innovative design allows the refrigerator doors and drawers to open fully even when positioned flush against walls or surrounding cabinetry.
Another latest innovation you can find in the kitchen is LG Built-In Kitchen Appliances, the Hood, Induction Hob and Oven. Combining premium design, intelligent features and powerful performance, the products aim to bring convenience to every kitchen and making cooking process professional.
Advanced Laundry and Styling Innovations
The laundry and styling area showcases LG's latest fabric care solutions, including the LG WashTower®, a stylish stacked washing machine and dryer equipped with AI Direct Drive (AI DD®), TurboWash, and 6 Motion Technology for powerful, efficient cleaning. This area also houses the LG Styler®, which is a smart steam closet with Dual True Steam® technology, designed to refresh, sanitise, and dry clothes without harsh chemicals or soaps.
Connected Living and Family Spaces
The Living and the newly added Kids' zone feature an array of innovative products designed to enhance comfort and well-being including the PuriCare® AeroBooster®, PuriCare® AeroCat Tower Air Purifier, StanbyME 2 Max Moveable Screen, 97" LG OLED evo AI G6 Smart TV paired with S90TY Dolby Atmos® Soundbar, DualCool AI Air Conditioner and more.
Harvey Norman and LG invite everyone to visit the newly revamped LG Life's Good AI Home at the Harvey Norman Millenia Walk Flagship Store, Level 1 and discover the future of innovative technology. For the latest updates and promotions, visit www.harveynorman.com.sg or follow @HarveyNormanSingapore on Facebook.
About LG Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd
LG Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd (LG Electronics Singapore) is a fully owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., the pioneer and market leader of the Korean electronics industry. LG Electronics Singapore operates four business units locally – Home Entertainment, Home Appliance, Air Solutions and Business Solutions. In recognition of its vision to enrich people's life with smart technologies and innovative design, LG Electronics Singapore has been recognized with prominent local and international accolades, such as the CNET Asia Editor's and Readers' Choice Awards, HWM+HardwareZone.com Tech Awards, Red Dot Design, and GfK No. 1 Awards. For more information, please visit www.lg.com/sg.
About LG Electronics Home Appliance Solution Company
The LG Home Appliance Solution Company (HS) is a global leader in home appliances and AI home solutions. By leveraging industry-leading core technologies, the HS Company is committed to enhancing consumers' quality of life and promoting sustainability. The company develops thoughtfully designed kitchen and living appliance solutions and has recently integrated LG's Robot Business Division to incorporate advanced robot technologies into its home solutions. Together, these products offer enhanced convenience, exceptional performance, efficient operation and sustainable lifestyle solutions. For more news on LG, visit www.LGnewsroom.com.
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LAUNCH OF LG LIFE'S GOOD AI HOME AT HARVEY NORMAN MILLENIA WALK FLAGSHIP STORE
SINGAPORE, Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As Silicon Valley startups race to secure critical minerals and reduce dependence on China in the AI era, a company with deep academic roots from Stanford and MIT is taking a different approach: using AI to discover the next generation of mineral resources beyond the geopolitical fault lines dividing the world's major powers. Oxus Metals AI ("Oxus" or the "Company"), founded by David Zhen Yin, former director and co-founder of Stanford University's Mineral-X program, closed a nearly US$36 million initial funding round in late July, valuing the Company at US$180 million. The Singapore headquartered company plans to deploy the capital to accelerate AI driven mineral exploration across Central Asia and other resource rich regions, positioning itself at the intersection of Silicon Valley technology, global capital, and the growing strategic demand for critical minerals.
The Next Energy Crisis is a Mineral Crisis
Global demand for critical minerals is surging across power grids, renewable energy, electric transportation, and AI data centers, but supply is failing to keep pace. According to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2026, supply from announced copper projects is projected to fall 25% short of demand in 2035. The IEA has also found that mining projects take an average of 16.5 years to move from discovery to first production. The long lead times and high costs of traditional exploration have created an urgent need for faster, more efficient technologies capable of locating deeper deposits. While much of the debate focuses on securing existing mineral supplies, Oxus is pursuing a different question: Can AI fundamentally transform the economics of mineral discovery while breaking free from the constraints of growing geopolitical rifts?
AI Redefines Exploration Economics
Pioneered by its founder and scientific team, Oxus builds on years of academic research in geoscience, artificial intelligence, and decision-making under uncertainty. Rather than relying on a single geological hypothesis, Oxus's proprietary AI platform generates thousands of plausible subsurface models consistent with available data evidence. As new drilling become available, the system eliminates inconsistent hypotheses and proposes exploration decisions that could most efficiently reduce mineral uncertainty in over a long time horizon.
"Our approach is like playing Go with planet Earth," said David Zhen Yin. "Our AI computes all scientific hypotheses about mineral deposits, and integrates complex multiphysics data to test every geological possibility to guide smarter exploration decisions. The result is much fewer drill holes, lower costs, and faster discoveries of the mineral resources needed to power the energy transition."
Central Asia as the Proving Ground
Kazakhstan is emerging as a major proving ground for Oxus's technology. The Company is working with one of Central Asia's largest mining operators to extend the life of a copper mine that has operated for nearly 80 years. Despite tens of thousands of historical drillholes, the location of additional mineralization at depth remains uncertain. Oxus's platform generates thousands of candidate models, rejects those that conflict with the data, and produces ranked drill targets with quantified risk. Oxus has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and Construction and Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development to advance the nation's AI in mineral exploration.
Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan, commented: "Energy, critical minerals, and data underpin every AI solution, and Kazakhstan has all three. Our task is to turn them into technological value inside the country rather than exporting them raw. The agreement between our two ministries and Oxus Metals AI is a practical example of the applied layer of the AI economy, where Kazakhstan stands to gain the most. A team with roots at Stanford and MIT will work with our geologists to make decades of geological data machine-readable, digitize drill cores, and train Kazakh specialists to apply AI in exploration. The data stays in Kazakhstan, as does the expertise. That is how we intend to shorten the path from exploration to investment decision."
The company also has a strong presence in Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Brazil, expanding the deployment of its AI platform across major mineral exploration frontiers.
A Team Bridging Silicon Valley and Global Mining
Oxus brings together world-class academic and industrial expertise across AI, geoscience, and the global mining industry. David Zhen Yin as a senior research scientist at Stanford, has over 15 years of experience at the intersection of geoscience, subsurface exploration, and data science. His co-authored book Data Science for the Geosciences, won the 2025 PROSE Award in Earth Science. The book served as a textbook for Stanford's graduate-level course Data Science for Geoscience (EPS 240), which Yin taught.
The Company's leadership and advisory team includes Dr. Robert Quartermain, a Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee and global strategy advisor with over 45 years building and leading public mining companies; Prof. Jef Caers, Stanford Earth and Planetary Sciences professor and technical advisor, a global leader in geostatistics and AI-enabled exploration; and Dr. Pablo Mejia Herrera, Chief Geologist, a 20-plus year veteran of porphyry copper-gold exploration with a track record of major discoveries at Ero Copper and NorthIsle Copper and Gold.
"AI is fundamentally transforming how we make discoveries under geological uncertainty," said Prof. Caers. "Oxus is pairing rigorous academic research with real-world exploration expertise to translate cutting-edge AI into practical discoveries across the world's most important mineral frontiers."
About Oxus Metals AI
Headquartered in Singapore, Oxus Metals AI builds proprietary AI platforms that integrate multimodal exploration data to advance critical mineral discoveries. The company works with asset owners, governments and strategic partners to lift exploration success rates while reducing costs, timelines and environmental impacts. Oxus' model extends beyond conventional mining software or technical services. The Company partners with asset owners via joint ventures that combine AI technology, capital, and local execution to fully capture the upside from new discoveries.
CONTACT: info@oxusmetals.ai
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From Stanford to Central Asia: Oxus Metals AI Raises US$36 Million to Transform Mineral Discovery Beyond Geopolitical Fault Lines
