Duncan Clark, Canva | RAISE Summit 2026

At the RAISE Summit in Paris, Duncan Clark of Canva discusses the company's product-first approach to artificial intelligence and the evolution of its design platform and professional tooling. Clark explains Canva's AI roadmap, proprietary design model strategy, third party integrations and ecosystem plugins, and they describe how the platform embeds AI to support creators, enterprises and localized user experiences. John Furrier of theCUBE and Dave Vellante of theCUBE host the conversation as part of theCUBE Research coverage. Key takeaways include Canva's three-pillar AI approach—proprietary design models, third party model integration and plugins—and enterprise safeguards such as intellectual property indemnification and SOC 2 compliance, according to Clark. Clark emphasizes localization for EMEA markets and editable AI outputs such as Magic Layers. Furrier and Vellante highlight productivity gains and the platform strategy that connects Canva with Affinity and Cavalry to enable professional workflows.