Canva AI 2.0 Launches With World's First Foundation Model Built for Creativity

Canva launched Canva AI 2.0 on April 16, 2026, powered by the Canva Design Model — claimed as the world's first foundation model purpose-built for design, understanding structure, hierarchy, and complexity. Available as a research preview, the model enables six new intelligent workflows: connectors (Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, Notion, Zoom, HubSpot, Microsoft, Atlassian, Linear), scheduling, web research, brand intelligence, Sheets AI, and Canva Code 2.0. Canva's CORE lab now trains, evaluates, and deploys new models in as little as 1 month versus 2+ years for first-gen models. The platform has 100+ researchers and serves over 200 million monthly active users.