Canva's CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software
Decoder with Nilay Patel
- Published
- April 20, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 6m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Discusses anthropic.
Summary
The last time Canva CEO Melanie Perkins was on Decoder, the company was starting a big push into enterprise. Now, she's leading it through a total reinvention, going, in Canva's words, "from a design platform with AI tools to an AI platform with design tools." But there's a lot of competition in that AI enterprise space. Not only is Canva competing with d…
Show notes
The last time Canva CEO Melanie Perkins was on Decoder, the company was starting a big push into enterprise. Now, she's leading it through a total reinvention, going, in Canva's words, "from a design platform with AI tools to an AI platform with design tools." But there's a lot of competition in that AI enterprise space. Not only is Canva competing with design software like the Adobe Creative Suite, but also it's competing with AI companies, like Anthropic and Meta, that are launching their own
Themes
- anthropic