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Polarr

75 E Santa Clara St Ste 1430, San Jose, CA, 95113, US

Overview

Polarr is a Bay Area photography startup known for its machine learning and AI-driven image-editing app on iOS and Android. The company reports around four million monthly active users. Its core product emphasizes on-device (edge) AI to improve image editing and creative tooling. Polarr has been integrating its technology through hardware and OEM partnerships, including work with Samsung, Qualcomm, and Oppo. The new funding is earmarked for research and development, engineering, and expanding partnerships. CEO Borui Wang framed the company’s opportunity around a shift from cloud to edge deep learning, positioning Polarr to deliver sophisticated creative edge-AI to mobile devices.

Total raised
$12M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Mar 2019

Industries

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning
  • Photo Editing
  • Software
  • Video Editing
  • Web Apps
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Mar 2019

    $12M

Team

  • Borui Wang

    Founder and CEO

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  • Derek Yan

    CTO, Co-founder & Board of Directors

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  • Albert Brzeczko

    Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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  • Clement Tam

    Head of Operations

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