Canva stories
Growing demand for hands-on AI training has pushed Optimizely’s waitlist past 1,500 as marketers turn agents into daily workflow tools.
Australians could see stronger pay protections for creators as ministers and industry leaders reject a broad AI copyright carve-out.
Canva launches Magic Layers beta, using AI to turn flat PNG and JPG images into editable, layered designs across key English-speaking markets.
Anthropic will open a Sydney office within weeks, expanding its Asia-Pacific footprint and deepening AI partnerships in Australia and New Zealand.
Anthropic will open a Sydney office as its ANZ hub, deepening Claude AI partnerships and exploring local compute capacity in Australia.
Legal AI firm Ivo opens London and New York offices and plans to triple headcount, after 600% annual recurring revenue growth.
Atlassian launches Jira AI agents with MCP support, embedding governed automation in existing workflows rather than separate chat tools.
Chainguard expands its rebuilt-from-source Libraries to Python, Java and JavaScript, targeting malware risks in AI-driven software supply chains.
Canva snaps up Cavalry and MangoAI, boosting motion design tools and AI marketing, and names MangoAI's Nirmal Govind Chief Algorithms Officer.
Multipole AI has launched AIMSOO, a free platform to help SMEs boost visibility in AI-driven search and chat interfaces.
G2's 2026 Best Software Awards show buyer loyalties shifting fast, with 47% new top products and a major shake-up in global rankings.
Canva integrates with ChatGPT to auto-apply Brand Kits, letting teams generate editable, on-brand designs directly from chat prompts.
Snowflake unveils AI coding and semantic tools and inks a multi-year OpenAI partnership worth USD $200m to power its Cortex AI platform.
Snowflake strikes USD $200m deal to embed OpenAI models across its data platform, promising native AI tools for 12,600 enterprise customers.
Big banks and AI leaders signal they will layer new AI tools on top of, not instead of, core enterprise software systems.
Enterprises using the platform will be able to test and monitor AI agents more closely as Sprinklr broadens automation across service, marketing and insights.
OpenAI triples Australian startup credits to USD $50,000 and adds free ChatGPT Business seats in expanded local founders programme.
As faith in tech bros wanes, founders say a quieter, human-centred playbook is proving better for business, investors and users alike.
Pupils across Transform Trust are fronting ChilbyTV, a new digital signage scheme letting children create and share school-wide updates.
SOUTHSTART 2026 will bring OpenAI, Canva, Derek Sivers and Peter Helliar to Adelaide for a three-day tech, climate and culture forum.
