DiscoverRapid ResponseCanva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht
Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht

Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht

Update: 2025-07-011
Share

Description

For over a decade, Canva has made design and publishing more accessible than ever. Now, the company is wrestling with how to harness AI while staying true to its mission of empowering individual creators. Co-founder and COO Cliff Obrecht joins Rapid Response to reveal how Canva is navigating this shift—and why the stakes are so high when it comes to AI-adoptation in the creative industry. He opens up about leading the company alongside his wife and co-founder Melanie Perkins, their decision to give away $100 million to causes in Malawi, and what it means to scale without compromising values. Obrecht also shares Canva’s role in the future of technology and how marketing could define the business’s next chapter.

Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comments 
In Channel
loading
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht

Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht