Canva, the global visual communication powerhouse, has launched its most ambitious innovation yet—the Canva Creative Operating System—ushering in a new era where imagination, collaboration, and artificial intelligence seamlessly converge.
More than a decade in the making, the new system integrates every stage of the creative process—from concept to publication—under one intelligent ecosystem powered by Canva’s world-first Design Model. This marks a bold leap toward what the company calls the “Imagination Era,” where human creativity leads and AI amplifies it.
Now used by over 260 million people each month and trusted by 95% of Fortune 500 companies, Canva has become an essential platform for creators, marketers, and enterprises alike. The company boasts $3.5 billion in annualized revenue and a $42 billion valuation, with clients including Stripe, LinkedIn, Snowflake, and Pinterest.
“As knowledge becomes more accessible, we’re moving from the Information Era to the Imagination Era—where creativity is the ultimate differentiator,” said Melanie Perkins, Canva Co-Founder and CEO. “Our Creative Operating System empowers everyone to dream bigger and design smarter. From next-generation video editing to AI-powered brand growth, we’re building tools that make creativity limitless.”
At the heart of the new system is a supercharged Visual Suite designed to break creative barriers. The all-new Video 2.0 editor combines professional-level tools with Canva’s signature simplicity, allowing anyone to craft stunning, on-trend videos from a single prompt. The revamped Email Design tool brings customizable, brand-ready email creation into the platform, while Forms and Canva Code with Sheets introduce data-driven interactivity, enabling live dashboards, calculators, and immersive content experiences—all within the same canvas.
Central to this evolution is Canva’s groundbreaking Design Model—the world’s first AI trained to understand design principles and logic. This new generation of creative AI intuitively generates editable layouts, style-consistent visuals, and even full campaigns in seconds. With AI now deeply embedded across every tool, creators can summon photos, textures, 3D graphics, or videos directly on the canvas, while “Ask @Canva” serves as a built-in creative assistant offering real-time feedback and smart edits.
Canva also unveiled Canva Grow, an end-to-end marketing platform that merges creation, publishing, and analytics. Teams can now launch campaigns across social platforms, track performance, and refine content instantly with the help of brand-aware AI. A new Brand System ensures full visual consistency by automatically applying approved fonts, colors, and logos across every project.
For freelancers and small teams, the new Canva Business plan bridges the gap between Pro and Enterprise, offering expanded storage, advanced AI features, analytics, and special print perks to help businesses scale with ease.
Rounding off the announcement is a major revelation: the all-new Affinity is now fully integrated into Canva—and forever free. This unified version merges advanced vector, photo, and layout design tools into one product with a single universal file type, bridging the gap between professional creators and everyday users. Designers can now craft in Affinity and seamlessly collaborate, publish, or scale their work through Canva.
With its Creative Operating System, Canva is no longer just a design platform—it’s the creative backbone for the next generation of storytellers, brands, and innovators.