
No. 164: AI ate Canva's growth. Designers went somewhere else entirely.
Culture Pulse: 72. Canva added AI, costs spiked, users left for ChatGPT. The platform that wraps a commodity capability is one update away from irrelevance. Today's Pattern. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-08-07.html
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