Miju LabsWhy they are on the map
Head of AI Research job posting says role reports to him as Gen AI lead. source
Decides whether the problem is funded.
How Canva (incl. Leonardo.ai) buys data
Design model trained on 'millions of professionally created templates' (Danny Wu, Jan 2026); $200M creator fund (2023) pays royalties to designers who consent to training use. Canva declined to say whether customer data trains the design model (Computerworld, Oct 2025). Hiring Head of AI Research to bridge Canva and Leonardo research; 'Generative Experience Group' runs design-generation ML.
AI products under Danny Wu (Head of AI Products); Generative Experience Group builds design-generation models; Head of AI Research reports to CTO Brendan Humphreys and GenAI lead Paul Thompson and works with Leonardo.ai's research team in Sydney.
Known vendors: Canva Creators (template royalties)
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