CANVA ACQUIRES STARTUPS WORKING ON ANIMATION AND MARKETING

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Canva has acquired animation startup Cavalry and marketing AI company MangoAI to expand its creative and advertising capabilities. Cavalry's 2D motion tools will be added to Affinity, giving Canva a more complete professional suite that now includes motion editing alongside photo, vector, and layout design. MangoAI's reinforcement learning technology aims to improve video ad performance and measurement, strengthening Canva's push into marketing as it builds on tools like Canva Grow and MagicBrief.