# Polycam

> Polycam is a cross-platform 3D scanning and spatial AI company that turns iPhones, Android phones, and drones into professional reality-capture tools. Used by architects, game studios, forensics teams, and millions of hobbyists, it combines LiDAR, photogrammetry, and Gaussian splatting to make 3D capture as easy as taking a photo.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Berkeley, California, United States
- **Founders:** Chris Heinrich (Co-founder & CEO), Elliott Spelman (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~58 employees
- **Products:** Polycam Mobile App, Spatial Capture, Object Capture, Floor Plans, Drone Mapping
- **Notable:** Built one of the first consumer apps to use the iPhone Pro's LiDAR sensor for 3D capture (2020)., Grew revenue ~23x in two years (2021-2023)., Closed $18M Series A in February 2024 led by Left Lane Capital.

## Products & services

- **Polycam Mobile App** — iOS, Android, iPadOS and Apple Vision Pro app for LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry, room and object capture.
- **Spatial Capture** — Cross-platform 3D scanning of rooms, sites and environments with sub-centimeter accuracy.
- **Object Capture** — Photogrammetry and Gaussian splatting for high-fidelity 3D models of physical objects.
- **Floor Plans** — Automated 2D and 3D floor plan generation from scans.
- **Drone Mapping** — Photogrammetry from drone footage for aerial sites and large-area capture.
- **Polycam Web** — Cloud platform for editing, collaboration, organization-wide libraries and CAD/BIM export.
- **Polycam API** — Object Capture API and developer tools for embedding 3D capture into custom workflows.

## Achievements

- Built one of the first consumer apps to use the iPhone Pro's LiDAR sensor for 3D capture (2020).
- Grew revenue ~23x in two years (2021-2023).
- Closed $18M Series A in February 2024 led by Left Lane Capital.
- Launched an enterprise-grade collaboration platform in February 2025.
- Apple Vision Pro launch-window app for spatial capture.

## Latest updates

- **2024-02** — Announced $18M Series A led by Left Lane Capital, with Adobe, Chad Hurley, Shaun Maguire and others.
- **2025-02** — Unveiled new enterprise-grade platform with collaborative tools for capturing, investigating and designing physical spaces.

## Links

- Website: https://poly.cam
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polycam
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/polycamai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Polycam3D
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/polycam3d
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/polycamai
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@polycam3d

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Last updated: 2026-05-19