# Polarr

> Polarr is a San Jose creative software company that built photo and video editing apps, a creator filter community, AI tools for device makers, and Polarr Next, a local AI culling and editing workflow for professional photographers. Acquired by Pixieset in May 2025, its Next workflow is being transitioned into Pixieset Photo Editor.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, United States
- **Founders:** Borui Wang (Co-founder and CEO), Derek Yan (Co-founder and CTO), Enhao Gong (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Polarr Photo Editor, Polarr Pro, 24FPS, Polarr Vision Engine and SDKs, Polarr Next
- **Notable:** The mobile app reportedly received 250,000 downloads in its first 48 hours in 2015., Polarr reported 4 million monthly active app users in 2019., Polarr says its AI SDKs have reached more than 100 million mobile phone users.

## Products & services

- **Polarr Photo Editor** — Mobile photo editor and community for creating, finding, and sharing filters.
- **Polarr Pro** — Advanced photo editing across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and web.
- **24FPS** — Mobile video effects app that can use Polarr filters.
- **Polarr Vision Engine and SDKs** — On-device computer vision for camera guidance, effects, editing, and album curation licensed to hardware makers.
- **Polarr Next** — Local RAW culling, reference-edit style training, AI batch editing, and export workflow; transitioning to Pixieset Photo Editor.

## Achievements

- The mobile app reportedly received 250,000 downloads in its first 48 hours in 2015.
- Polarr reported 4 million monthly active app users in 2019.
- Polarr says its AI SDKs have reached more than 100 million mobile phone users.
- Polarr Next added AI culling and a desktop app in its 2024 beta 2.0 release.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Polarr Next says it will stop being available after October 13, 2026 and is transitioning to Pixieset Photo Editor.
- **2026-05** — Pixieset introduced Photo Editor with connected culling, editing, and gallery delivery.
- **2025-10** — Polarr Next added AI Style creation from up to 50 edited Lightroom photos and preview controls.
- **2025-05** — Pixieset acquired Polarr, according to co-founder Derek Yan.

## Links

- Website: https://www.polarr.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polarr-co
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/polarrist
- GitHub: https://github.com/polarrco
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgZpbjZCvdNA6g-10irK3Cg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polarr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/polarrian
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@polarrian

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Last updated: 2026-09-29