Canva acquires animation and marketing startups | TechCrunch

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On Monday, creative kit maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of animation startups Cavalry and Mango AI, which works to improve ad performance. British Cavalry works on 2D motion animation for various verticals such as advertising, marketing, gaming and generative art. Canva said the Cavalry tools will expand the existing capabilities of Affinity, the professional … Read more

Kana emerges from secrecy with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers | TechCrunch

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Marketing is one of the few operations that no industry can afford to ignore, which is why we have a veritable plethora of AI-powered marketing tools in the face of marketers today. From Facebook and Instagram to TikTok, and major incumbents like Microsoft and Google to content creation startups like Jasper and Copy.ai, all social … Read more