# Polarion

> Polarion is the Siemens-owned software business behind a browser-based application lifecycle management platform. It connects requirements, development work, tests and change records so engineering teams can collaborate and maintain traceable evidence across complex products. Customers can use self-managed deployments or the Polarion X cloud service.

- **Founded:** 2004
- **Headquarters:** Alameda, United States
- **Founders:** Robert Neher (Co-founder; former VP Sales and Business Development)
- **Products:** Polarion ALM, Polarion REQUIREMENTS, Polarion QA, Polarion X, Polarion Copilot
- **Notable:** Received its first outside investment, a $10 million Series A, in 2014., Selected for acquisition by Siemens in 2015., NIO’s Siemens case study reports 16 percent R&D productivity improvement over 380 days.

## Products & services

- **Polarion ALM** — Unified requirements, development, change and test management with configurable workflows and traceability.
- **Polarion REQUIREMENTS** — Requirements authoring, review, approval and management, including structured LiveDocs.
- **Polarion QA** — Centralized test planning, test cases, test runs and links to requirements.
- **Polarion X** — Siemens-managed SaaS deployment of Polarion with subscription packages.
- **Polarion Copilot** — Optional AI assistance; the 2606 API supports customer-specific integrations and connected language models.
- **Implementation, training and support** — Product documentation, support and partner-led configuration, integration and rollout services.

## Achievements

- Received its first outside investment, a $10 million Series A, in 2014.
- Selected for acquisition by Siemens in 2015.
- NIO’s Siemens case study reports 16 percent R&D productivity improvement over 380 days.
- Spansion’s vendor-published case study reports 80 percent less time spent on traceability management.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Polarion X 2606 adds a Copilot API, 13 UI languages, right-to-left support and Azure AD group synchronization.
- **2026-05** — Polarion ALM 2606 expands REST APIs and on-premise custom LLM connectors.
- **2025-11** — Siemens and Microsoft announce Polarion X availability on Azure.

## Links

- Website: https://www.siemens.com/en-gb/products/polarion/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polarion-software/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PolarionNews
- GitHub: https://github.com/Polarion
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/polarionsoftware

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Last updated: 2026-09-30