Applications
Eureka Mobile Advertising takes on a new avatar
MUMBAI: Eureka Mobile Advertising, which monetises the idle screen of the mobile phone, today released an exciting new upgrade to its application that transforms it into the world’s first live customer engagement platform. Marketers can now engage consumers with Timed content in an enhanced and intuitive HTML 5 format, while the application’s Live Voting facility can help collate real-time user feedback. For users, this means greater relevance and ease, while for brands, this translates into a never-seen-before platform that allows live customer engagement, feedback collection and real-time analysis.
Commenting on this development, Rahul S Jayawant, Founder and CEO, Eureka Mobile Advertising, said, “We are really excited to introduce a slew of never-seen-before offerings which make us a Live Customer Engagement platform. This holds a sea of opportunities for brands to engage with consumers and help them make informed decisions, using authentic, measurable user data in real time. The feedback we have received so far in our pilot phase has been fantastic, and we believe that this is going to be a game-changer in the mobile advertising space.”
Eureka successfully launched its live voting functionality at the recently concluded Mood Indigo (MoodI), Asia’s largest youth festival. This was the first introduction to the upgrade along with HTML 5 and timed ads anywhere in the world. There has also been a lot of early excitement seen amongst Marketers and Agencies for this Live Engagement Platform and the potential it holds.
Yogesh Sholapurkar, Co-Founder and CTO, Eureka Mobile Advertising said, “Innovation is part of the company’s DNA. Our Live Customer Engagement basket of products is architected keeping in mind scalability and a user experience that is intuitive but simple.”
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.
