Applications
Vserv.mobi partners Marmalade to develop cross-platform toll
MUMBAI: Vserv.mobi, a leading global Mobile Ad Network for app developers, publishers and advertisers, has entered into a partnership with Marmalade, the cross-platform development tool.
The partnership allows Marmalade‘s developers to enable app monetization using the Vserv AppWrapper in One Click, and also gain from the enhanced monetisation capabilities of the Vserv AudiencePro platform.
Developers have historically had to build native apps multiple times from scratch to cater to different mobile platforms. Marmalade‘s cross-platform SDK solves this issue by allowing developers to deploy a single codebase to run natively on a wide range of platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 8, Windows and Mac desktop and selected Smart TVs.
By partnering with Vserv, Marmalade developers can not only run their apps across all platforms but also monetise them using the AppWrapper app monetisation platform.
Vserv.mobi Head – Global Marketing Binay Tiwari said, “This partnership comes at a very exciting time, as the Vserv AppWrapper has become even more powerful with the AudiencePro enhanced monetisation capabilities built right into it. Vserv and Marmalade are strategically aligned when it comes to addressing the problems of the developer community by making App development and monetisation simpler. We are committed to enabling powerful app monetisation for developers across all platforms and are confident that this partnership will help push forward the global developer ecosystem.”
Marmalade CTO Tim Closs added, “At Marmalade we want to put the choice of how to produce and monetise apps firmly in the hands of developers. We‘re pleased to be adding Vserv.mobi to our partner‘s programme, and look forward to seeing how Marmalade developers choose to take advantage of the wide range of monetisation methods we offer through our SDK.”
Founded in 2010, Vserv.mobi has been at the forefront of innovation in the Mobile Advertising sphere in line with its goal of becoming the number one mobile Ad network across emerging markets.
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.
