Conference Presentation, Fireside Chat, Interview
Creativity in the Age of AI | NYSE, Canva & Anthropic | RAISE Summit 2026
- Duncan forecasts AI will compress 50 to 100 years of drug discovery into the 2027 to 2037 window, while Guillaume anticipates agentic AI driving team work starting in 2026 and AI surpassing top human experts by 2027.
- European AI adoption is projected to accelerate rapidly, with the region's share of the top 20 AI-using nations rising from four to ten within six months, specifically in banking and healthcare sectors for financial crimes, cybersecurity, and internal applications.
- Enterprise customers in Europe, including Crédit Agricole, are expected to deepen integration of AI-native startups like Dust, Dr. Ebes, and Contos, while ecosystem partners such as Anthropic expand connectivity and tool support.
- Duncan predicts AI-powered design quality will shift to a different order of magnitude by the end of the current year, with expanded Affinity Claude MCP connectivity supporting ProMotion and ProData graphics.
- Strategic priorities include ensuring positive AI impact while managing deployment risks, addressing European regulatory constraints through trusted data partnerships, and maintaining Claude without ads to align incentives with user thinking.
- Canva's AI strategy focuses on treating the team as a scaling factor to amplify talent rather than replace it, utilizing a proprietary foundational design model that allows direct editing of composed designs instead of generating standalone images.
- Operational efficiencies are expected to rise significantly, with tasks like renaming layers in Affinity files reducing from half of creative time to 10 seconds, while professional designers and non-designers alike collaborate on drafting and enhancing ideas.
- The platform's 265 million monthly active users drive a need to respond to local nuances for international growth, with future success attributed to human decision-making frameworks and the continued acceleration of AI adoption across diverse European usage types.