Canva will integrate the new startups with Affinity and its marketing platform

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Canva has acquired two startups: UK-based Cavalry, a 2D motion animation tool, and MangoAI, a stealth startup using reinforcement learning to optimize video ad performance. Cavalry's technology will be integrated into Affinity, Canva's professional creative suite, adding motion editing to its existing photo, vector, and layout capabilities. MangoAI's co-founder Nirmal Govind, former Netflix VP of Data Science, will become Canva's first Chief Algorithms Officer. These acquisitions follow Canva's earlier purchase of marketing intelligence startup Magicbrief and the launch of Canva Grow, as the company pushes to become a full-stack creative and marketing platform. Canva closed 2025 at $4 billion in annualized revenue with 265 million users.

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing

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