Canva has deployed AI agent capabilities in its assistant, allowing users to request designs in natural language while the AI autonomously invokes tools to generate layered, editable outputs. The update reflects industry-wide standardization: Adobe simultaneously launched Firefly AI with cross-app tool calling, and Figma recently added MCP server support for agents.
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Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you
Canva, Adobe, and Figma are converging on agentic AI with autonomous tool calling as a standard design feature—enabling users to request complex outputs in natural language while the AI independently invokes tools to generate editable results.
Thursday, April 16, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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