| Mobile Web

Canva buys Simtheory and Ortto to boost AI agents and marketing automation

Canva has acquired AI collaboration and agent management platform Simtheory and customer data and marketing automation company Ortto, TechCrunch reported. Both companies were founded by brothers Chris Sharkey and Mike Sharkey, who will lead Canva’s AI and marketing technology teams. Simtheory helps teams build AI assistants and set agent workflows, while Ortto combines a customer data platform with marketing automation. Canva has made several acquisitions in recent weeks.