{"id":937694,"date":"2026-10-23T04:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937694\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T04:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:20:11","slug":"canvas-first-public-image-generation-model-cements-ai-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937694\/","title":{"rendered":"Canva\u2019s first public image generation model cements AI ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canva has cemented its AI ambitions with its first public image-generation model, surpassing competitors from Google, Microsoft, xAI, and ByteDance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian design unicorn\u2019s Craft model placed fourth on DesignArena, a benchmarking and comparison platform for AI-generated design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Canva, the ranking marks the company as the world\u2019s second most advanced AI lab for image generation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tRelated Article Block Placeholder<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tArticle ID: 342354\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcompany.com.au\/artificial-intelligence\/canva-beats-claude-grok-gemini-worlds-second-most-visited-ai-platform-chatgpt\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Copy-of-SCM-ed-image-1920x1080-49.png\" class=\"aspect-video object-cover h-auto w-auto\" alt=\"Canva beats Claude, Grok and Gemini to become the world\u2019s second most-visited AI platform\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the model is Canva\u2019s own, the business is now free to open new business ventures selling its Craft model to other brands via a public API and MCP server.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Craft was developed from scratch by Canva Research, the company\u2019s in-house AI lab, which has more than 160 scientists and engineers.<\/p>\n<p>\tSmarter business news. 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Sign up for free.                        <\/p>\n<p>By continuing, you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcompany.com.au\/terms-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Terms &amp; Conditions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcompany.com.au\/privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The model is now available to developers through its public API and can generate images at 2K resolution in any aspect ratio. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/newsroom\/news\/canva-craft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canva said<\/a> its model \u201cuses a two-stage architecture that separates compositional planning from image rendering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first stage, the model interprets the prompt and writes a detailed plan of the composition while the second stage translates this into a high-resolution image across more than 30 aspect ratios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Canva statement, JJ Fiasson, head of generative AI at Canva, said, \u201cCraft delivers exceptional results for jobs where the layouts and text need to be perfect, and renders people and landscapes with stunning quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe it\u2019s going to unlock so many new ways for people to bring their imagination to life. With additional steering capabilities and major speed improvements on the way, this is a huge step forward for Canva\u2019s Al experience. We\u2019re just getting started,\u201d Fiasson added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canva has cemented its AI ambitions with its first public image-generation model, surpassing competitors from Google, Microsoft, xAI,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,8417,504061,105],"class_list":["post-937694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-canva","tag-canva-craft","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}