Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them
THE SO WHAT
Canva building Canva Craft in-house with a planning-first architecture shows verticals with strong UX data can justify their own models instead of renting generic ones. If you own a large, structured design or workflow corpus, the question is no longer "use AI" but whether a domain-tuned model can become your moat.
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