May 25, 2026 – 5.00am
For the past five years, Canva has held an annual conference for customers, journalists and investors where it unveils new features in what is perennially dubbed its biggest product launch ever. Known as Canva Create, it is a high-octane event.
In 2022, co-founders and married couple Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht skipped around the stage, him in flashing sneakers and her in a bedazzled jacket. In 2024, employees performed a rap in the style of Hamilton. At this year’s version, held at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium in April, Canva laid on a thick layer of artificial intelligence. The climax was a musical production with a mohawked punk headbanging to AI-generated lyrics accompanied by an orchestra, ballerina, line dancers and a seemingly endless amount of confetti.
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