Canva’s Biggest Evolution Yet

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🎨 Canva Launches Its Creative Operating System

🧠 Ad Creation, Automated.

⚙️ Microsoft Copilot Now Builds Apps and Workflows

🔨Tools and Shifts you cannot miss

🎨 Canva Launches Its Creative Operating System

Canva just unveiled its biggest update ever: a Creative Operating System that fuses AI, design, and automation into one seamless suite. The goal is to make creativity faster, smarter, and universally accessible, turning the platform into the backbone of the new “Imagination Era.”

The Shift:

1️⃣ A Unified Creative Ecosystem - The new Creative OS integrates the Visual Suite, Canva AI, and a connected platform experience. It allows users to design, code, collect data, and send emails, all without switching tools. Everything now lives in one ecosystem, from forms to 3D elements.

2️⃣ Smarter Design and Video Tools - Video 2.0 introduces pro-grade editing within Canva, while Canva Forms and Email Design simplify audience engagement. Tools like Magic Video and AI templates speed up workflows and keep brand visuals consistent across every touchpoint.

3️⃣ The Canva Design Model - Canva debuts the world’s first AI model built for design, understanding layout, hierarchy, and brand identity to create editable designs instantly. It also integrates directly into ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, expanding Canva’s reach across creative ecosystems.

4️⃣ 3D, Style, and Collaboration Upgrades - Features like 3D Content Generator, Style Match, and Ask @Canva empower teams to collaborate in real time with AI-driven suggestions. @Canva acts as a creative teammate, offering contextual feedback and design tweaks directly inside the editor.

Canva isn’t just adding tools, it’s defining a creative infrastructure for the AI age. With its own design model and an interconnected suite, Canva bridges pro design, automation, and imagination, cementing itself as the default platform for visual creativity in the Imagination Era.

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⚙️ Microsoft Copilot Now Builds Apps and Workflows

Microsoft just expanded Copilot’s Frontier program, giving employees tools to create apps, workflows, and agents using simple natural language. With the new App Builder and Workflows agents, Copilot turns text prompts into working systems grounded in your Microsoft 365 data, secure, compliant, and shareable.

The Shift:

1️⃣ App Builder Turns Ideas Into Apps - App Builder lets users create apps in minutes with no code or setup required. You can build dashboards, trackers, calculators, or custom tools that pull live data from Microsoft 365. Everything stays connected and shareable through familiar interfaces like Teams and SharePoint.

2️⃣ Workflows Automate Everyday Tasks - The new Workflows agent automates recurring tasks like reminders, calendar updates, and approvals using simple prompts. It visualizes every step in real time, letting users adjust logic mid-flow. 

3️⃣ Copilot Studio Builds Custom Agents - Copilot Studio lets teams design agents that tap into live data from emails, chats, and external tools like ServiceNow and Jira. These agents can answer project questions, summarize updates, and perform actions inside company systems.

4️⃣ Secure and Governed by Design - All Copilot creations inherit Microsoft 365’s enterprise security and compliance structure. Admins can control who creates or shares apps via the central Agent Inventory in the admin center. 

Copilot is shifting from assistant to builder, empowering employees to automate, create, and scale workflows on demand. It lowers barriers to digital transformation, letting every worker become a creator, without sacrificing compliance or security.

🤳AI Nugget of the Day

🔨AI Tools for the Shift

📊 QueryBox – Upload Excel, CSV, or PDF files and ask questions in plain English. Instantly get insights powered by advanced AI, RAG, and MCP technology, no SQL required.

🧠 Promtist AI– Describe your task and let Promtist craft the perfect optimized prompt to improve your AI-generated results across tools.

📝 Quizify – Eliminate the hassle of quiz creation with an AI-powered quiz maker that delivers high-quality, ready-to-use quizzes for your business.

🎮 Fables.gg – Explore thousands of player-made worlds or craft your own, then watch them come alive with campaigns run by an AI Game Master.

🎥 RemoveWatermark – Compare before-and-after clips as this AI watermark remover cleans frames from Sora videos without sacrificing quality.

🚀Quick Shifts

🛍️ Pinterest has launched a voice-powered AI shopping assistant that helps users find matching outfits and decor by talking to the app. The assistant analyzes Pins and collections to deliver personalized, narrated recommendations.

🎬 OpenAI expands Sora 2 with reusable “character cameos,” letting users turn pets, drawings, or people into AI avatars. It also adds video stitching for multi-scene clips and new creator leaderboards.

🤝 Google partners with Reliance to offer 18 months of free AI Pro for Jio users, including Gemini 2.5 Pro, Veo 3.1, and 2TB storage, expanding AI access across India.

🎨 Figma acquires AI startup Weavy, rebranding it as Figma Weave. The 20-person team from Tel Aviv will integrate its AI media generation tools to boost Figma’s image and video design capabilities.

🎙️ ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski predicts AI audio models will become commoditized within a few years. Despite that, he says model-building remains key short-term, as ElevenLabs explores multimodal, open-source, and partnership-driven innovation.

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