# Canva launches Craft, its first image model built for design

> Original title: Let's go!!! Extremely bullish on specialized models.

- Source: Elvis Saravia
- Published: 2026-10-22T19:32:58.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/js4ifgad4cnr4qc9muv32yw8g
- Original: https://x.com/omarsar0/status/2113352933874041325

## Summary

Canva Research has released Craft, its first frontier image model built specifically for design, which plans composition before rendering. Canva says Craft ranks as the second most advanced image generation model on Design Arena's global leaderboard. The post's author says his company uses Canva and is excited to see where the model goes.

## Post

Let's go!!! Extremely bullish on specialized models. 

And Canva just entered the frontier image model race.

Craft is Canva's first image model for design, built by their Canva Research team. It can plan the composition before it renders anything.

We use Canva at our company, so it's exciting to see where this goes, given their expertise.

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## Quoted post @canva

> Introducing Canva Craft 🚀
> 
> Extraordinary image generation is now available to everyone, powered by our first frontier model built specifically for design.
> 
> With Craft, Canva is now the world's second most advanced AI lab for image generation on @DesignArena's global leaderboard.
> 
> See what it can do 👇

https://x.com/canva/status/2113348707223753165