Canva launches first in-house image generation model

Canva has released its first proprietary image generation model, Canva Craft, built by its internal research team with contributions from acquired platform Leonardo.ai. The model works in two stages: interpreting prompts to plan spatial and visual details, then generating images up to 2K resolution across 30 aspect ratios. Trained on Canva's design templates rather than photographs, generated images can be converted into editable layered designs via Canva Magic. Canva Craft is live for all users via Dream Lab, with API access and third-party chatbot integration planned. Two faster, cost-efficient variants, Craftfast and Craft-ultrafast, are also in development.