Applications
InMobi introduces Lifetime Value Platform
MUMBAI: Bangalore-based InMobi, an independent mobile ad network, has announced the private beta launch of InMobi Lifetime Value Platform (LTVP).
The platform aims to help publishers and app developers to understand and engage their users better, thus ultimately increase revenues. It is a free-to-use platform.
It works by identifying different in-app user groups and providing deep behaviour insight to the premium publisher or app developer. The app publisher using the InMobi platform then has the ability to rapidly modify the app’s behavior for each user segment without having to resubmit the app for approval.
The InMobi LTVP takes a three-step approach – Insights (Gain advanced user insights across app usage, user engagement, in-app revenues, and other behaviors within the app), Segments (Define granular user segments based on behavioral attributes such as monetary value of the purchase, time spent inside the app, number of app launches, or other custom events unique to the app) and Actions (Deliver rich in-app messages and modify app behavior at a segment level using targeted actions such as selling unique virtual goods, displaying highly customised ads, rewarding power users, or cross promoting other apps).
InMobi VP of product management Chandrashekhar Vattikuti said, "Successful app publishers understand that real value is achieved through user engagement and loyalty. We noticed a need for a platform that helps app developers and premium publishers gain detailed insights into user behavior and deliver targeted actions in real-time."
"Early feedback has been very positive and we’re seeing that there are very clear benefits to the app developer and premium publisher community," he added.
Applications
Canva acquires animation and AI startups Cavalry and MangoAI
The deals strengthen Canva’s push into enterprise and AI-led design workflows
AUSTRALIA: Global visual communication platform Canva has stepped up its acquisition drive, buying UK-based 2D animation platform Cavalry and US-based AI startup MangoAI to deepen its AI-powered creative stack.
Cavalry, whose tools are used by brands including Amazon, Meta, Google and Netflix, will strengthen Canva’s motion design capabilities. The deal builds on Canva’s 2024 acquisition of Affinity, which has crossed four million downloads since launch. With Cavalry, Canva now counts seven Europe-based acquisitions, underscoring its global expansion strategy.
MangoAI, an early-stage startup focused on video advertising optimisation, will integrate its reinforcement learning systems into Canva AI. The move aims to enable brands to generate personalised marketing content in real time, cutting production cycles while improving campaign performance. MangoAI co-founder Vinith Misra will join Canva as reinforcement learning lead in its research lab.
Canva co-founder and chief operating officer Cliff Obrecht said the acquisitions reflect the company’s ambition to make professional-grade creative tools more accessible without sidelining human creativity. The goal, he said, is to bring everything from vector to motion design into a single, integrated suite.
The company now reports 265 million active users, including 31 million paid subscribers, and $4 billion in annualised revenue, up 36 per cent year on year. The latest buys further position Canva against rivals such as Adobe and Apple’s Creator Studio as it pushes deeper into enterprise workflows.
Canva head of pro design marketing Liam Fisher, said AI is intended to act as a creative assistant rather than a replacement, reinforcing the primacy of craft and individual design judgement.
