At Canva Create 2026 in Los Angeles, Canva announced Canva AI 2.0, recasting the platform from a design tool with AI features to a conversational agent that orchestrates multi-step creative workflows from a single brief. Key capabilities include Agentic Orchestration (coordinates tools to execute full campaigns), Object-Based Intelligence (edit individual elements without regenerating the full composition), and Living Memory (persistent user style and brand preferences). The system connects to Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, Notion, Zoom, and Google Calendar to pull context from existing workflows, and can schedule recurring tasks that produce drafts for human review. Canva claims its in-house Lucid Origin image model is 5× faster and 30× cheaper than comparable frontier alternatives; the platform launches as a research preview.