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Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht.

Canva unveils world-first AI model as it gears for blockbuster listing

The Sydney-based tech firm has made its biggest product launch yet as it eyes a sharemarket float within the next two years.

  • David Swan

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An AWS outage has crippled the global internet.

Why one company’s glitch just broke half the internet

When Amazon sneezes, the world catches a cold. It’s time we stopped accepting that as normal.

  • David Swan
An AWS outage has affected websites globally.

Internet still struggling after mammoth Amazon outage

Millions of users were left unable to access Canva, Amazon, Snapchat and Alexa in a global outage.

  • David Swan and Daniel Lo Surdo
Billionaire Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht made a donation of at least $500,000 to Climate 200.

Canva co-founder and Greens donor add to Climate 200 fundraising heft

The fundraising vehicle tripled its number of donors to 33,000 people, and received $5 million between seven key contributors, as it expanded to back 35 candidates.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Clove founder and former Canva head of content Anna Guerrero.

A WA journalism graduate’s journey from radio to Canva, then pasta – and back to tech

Anna Guerrero’s serpentine career path is a testament to the power of going with the flow.

  • Hamish Hastie
UNSW computer science student Jayden Nguyen has secured a graduate role at a big tech firm. He says students will have to start building their industry experience earlier as AI eliminates “grunt coders”.

Learn to code? Maybe not any more

Politicians preached it, universities packaged it and teenagers took up Python and JavaScript. Now, amid an AI boom, graduates are facing a world of anxiety.

  • David Swan and Bronte Gossling
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Canva head of product Robert Kawalsky says his company now has 5000 employees.

‘Pretty astounding’: Canva puts the foot down as it eyes Wall Street

The Australian design software maker has ticked over $2.5 billion in annual revenue and says it has added 1000 new employees in the last year alone as it looks to shore up support from Wall Street.

  • David Swan
Canva’s leaders Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams. Canva has moved to quell customer backlash over pricing changes.

‘Our community is important’: Canva responds to pricing backlash

The Australian software company says it has listened to its customers, some of whom were incensed by a 300 per cent price increase.

  • David Swan
Canva co-founders (from left) Cliff Obrecht, Cameron Adams and Melanie Perkins.

Canva has designs on the pros following its largest ever acquisition

Design software Canva, Australia’s richest start-up, had previously targeted amateurs. Now, it’s going after professional designers.

  • David Swan
Canva’s leaders Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams are close to facilitating a major share sale.

Why CFO departure is Canva’s greatest test yet

Canva is known for its fun, whimsical culture but how it deals with allegations of inappropriate behaviour will show if it has indeed grown up.

  • David Swan

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