Canva Launches Native AI Image Model 'Craft' to Compete With OpenAI

Canva globally rolled out Canva Craft, an in-house image generation model that uses a two-stage architecture to plan designs prior to generating the final image. The model supports image generation at up to 2K resolution across more than 30 aspect ratios and is trained on millions of human-made templates from Canva's content library. Canva Craft currently ranks fourth on the Design Arena crowdsourced benchmark leaderboard, sitting behind three OpenAI models. The company plans to allow AI agents to integrate with Canva Craft using the open Model Context Protocol and intends to release faster versions of the model in the future. "Greater precision, consistency and control." — Canva Announcement