What AI startups has Canva acquired?
FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026) records 4 AI products bought by Canva: Remove.bg (2021), Smartmockups (2021), Unscreen (2021) and Affinity (2024). Smartmockups and Unscreen were shut down after the purchase; no source yet says whether Remove.bg and Affinity still run. That ties Canva with NVIDIA for the most purchases of any buyer in the graveyard. The graveyard counts only AI products FalcoScan tracks, so this is not a full list of Canva's acquisitions.
Every AI product Canva bought
Oldest purchase first. Open a name for its FalcoScan record, or a source to read it there.
| Product | Year bought | What happened since | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remove.bg | 2021 | Not established | remove.bg |
| Smartmockups | 2021 | Bought, then closed in 2024 | canva.com |
| Unscreen | 2021 | Bought, then closed in 2026 | canva.com |
| Affinity | 2024 | Not established | macrumors.com |
Questions and answers
How many AI startups has Canva acquired?
FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026) records 4 AI products bought by Canva: Remove.bg (2021), Smartmockups (2021), Unscreen (2021) and Affinity (2024). The graveyard counts only AI products FalcoScan tracks, so this is not a full list of Canva's acquisitions.
Do the AI products Canva bought still run?
According to FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), of the 4 AI products Canva bought, Smartmockups and Unscreen were shut down after the purchase; no source yet says whether Remove.bg and Affinity still run.
Which companies buy the most AI startups?
Of the 138 products in FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), NVIDIA and Canva bought the most: 4 each (NVIDIA: OctoAI, Run:ai, Gretel and Lepton AI; Canva: Remove.bg, Smartmockups, Unscreen and Affinity). In all, 88 companies bought products in the graveyard, and 14 bought two or more.
Other companies that bought two or more
Every buyer, with counts Every product in the AI Graveyard How a product is marked shut down or acquired