Introducing Canva Craft 🚀 Extraordinary image generation is now available to everyone, powered by our first frontier model built specifically for design. With Craft, Canva is now the world's second most advanced AI lab for image generation on DesignArena's global leaderboard. See what it can do 👇

Canva Craft debuted as the world's 4th most advanced image generation model on @DesignArena with an Elo score of 1340. It delivers exceptional visual quality and state-of-the-art text rendering, outperforming some of the world's leading frontier models.

Built for design and evaluated by professional designers, Craft ranks among the very best models across multiple image categories: 🖼️ People & Portraits (1st out of 87 models) ⛰️ Landscapes & Nature (1st out of 85 models) 🌀 Abstract & Patterns (2nd out of 85 models) Generate images at up to 2K resolution with custom aspect ratios and text in 55 languages.

While most image models go straight from prompt to pixels, Craft takes a different approach. Its two-stage architecture plans the composition before rendering the image, delivering more precise layouts, accurate text and greater creative control. Take a closer look 👉

Craft is available in Canva starting today! Try it now in Dream Lab: We're also making Craft available through our public API, allowing developers and AI agents to bring Canva's design technology into their own products and workflows. We can’t wait to see what you’ll create! 🎉

@DesignArena Did someone say Craft?

@DesignArena there's never been a better time to get your Craft on

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@DesignArena We got a Canva ai model before GTA 6

@DesignArena we had to keep you busy while you wait 💀

@DesignArena wait canva is an ai lab now ??? 🤯

@DesignArena pixels speak louder than words 🖼️

@DesignArena Specialized models always beat general models at their specific task. I hope companies continue releasing models like this one.

@DesignArena 💡

@DesignArena canva entering the frontier model race is not something i had on my bingo card 💀

@DesignArena you can probably design that bingo card with Craft 👀

@DesignArena I already use Canva every day, now my agents are going to be using it 24 hours a day to crank out memes

@DesignArena finally someone to cover the meme night shift

@DesignArena Oh, it’s so on… May the best model win 🚀

@DesignArena we're just getting warmed up 🫡

@DesignArena love to see canva building its own image gen model, is epic

@DesignArena Canva coming for that #1 spot 🔥

@DesignArena impressive interesting to test this model

@DesignArena don't go easy on us! 🤠

@DesignArena Distribution + proprietary data is everything in new AI economy

@DesignArena Holy moly 🤯 This is why Canva is my daily driver and with this, you guys just solved my biggest perplexation.

@DesignArena our goal = more ways for you to bring your imagination to life! can't wait to see how you use craft! 🎉

@DesignArena The ability to turn AI-generated images into fully editable designs is a game changer🔥

@DesignArena we'd love to see what you create ⭐️

@DesignArena This was on my launch bingo card! Really cool to see Canva build its own image model.

@DesignArena we're pretty excited about this one! 🚀

@DesignArena I use Canva all the time and one of my own pain points has been the lack of high-end native image generation. This is such a huge update. Appreciate it, team! My workflows just got easier.

@DesignArena love this. you had us at "I use Canva all the time"

@DesignArena Magic Layers splitting the output into editable layers is just so important for production workflow. i want my first generation to be a working draft

@DesignArena Canva is one of our favorite tools. Great to see Canva building frontier models for design.

@DesignArena Artistry is becoming democratized

@DesignArena everyone can be an artist. taste still sold separately

@DesignArena canva made its own frontier model and still asks "what will you canva today". respect the commitment

@DesignArena I did not have this on my 2026 bingo card 🤯

@DesignArena we aim to surprise and delight! 🫡

@DesignArena canva model?

@DesignArena surprise! 👀

@DesignArena canva is now the second most advanced ai lab for image generation, according to canva. the leaderboard has never seen a more confident drag-and-drop

@DesignArena very funny

@DesignArena Did canva just pivoted to frontier ai image model company?

@DesignArena Came out swinging where do I invest??

@DesignArena our research team will love this one 🫶

@DesignArena canva quietly building its own model while everyone else just plugs in openai is lowkey a big move

@DesignArena canva just raised the bar for ai image generation

@DesignArena and we're just getting started 🫡

@DesignArena an image model built for design hopefully means the end of AI posters that say GRAND OPNEING

@DesignArena Canva AI is gonna be epic

@DesignArena we may have taken "make it pop" a bit far

@DesignArena 🔥

@DesignArena @canva who is your motion designer

@DesignArena Strong first model. Planning the layout and text first is the right call. Congrats 🔥

@DesignArena As a full stack marketer this is sort of life changing for me ha

@DesignArena changing lives since 2013

@DesignArena Building its own image model in-house lets Canva tune outputs for design work instead of renting general-purpose generation.

@robj3d3 @DesignArena Congrats! This is powerful. Let’s go!!!