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Canva lays off over 1,200 people amid slowing growth
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Fusion42 · 5 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
Canva has laid off 1,271 employees, representing 22% of its workforce, due to slowing growth and increased AI costs, while restructuring teams for efficiency and shifting to hybrid work. The company also lowered its revenue growth forecast to 20% and faces heightened competition from AI startups and general-purpose chatbots.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Enterprise Software, and 2 sources have reported it.
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You face a tougher market where scaling with broad teams no longer works and AI costs hit your budgets hard. Streamlining roles and hybrid work has become a survival tactic, showing you need to rethink growth and cost structure fast.
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