Canva launches Canva Craft, its first in-house AI image model
What happened
On 23 October 2026, The Verge reported that Canva has released Canva Craft, its first in-house image generation model. The model uses a two-stage architecture: it first generates a plan, then generates the image from it. Canva says this design delivers greater precision, consistency and control. The report did not disclose the model's specific parameters, availability or release timetable. The current state of the story: Canva is moving from using external image generation capabilities to launching its own model, and has published its technical approach and official positioning.
Written by AI from the reports · updated 2 h ago
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- The Verge · AICanva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them
Canva is diving even deeper into AI with the launch of an image generation model that competes directly with those from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google.
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