# Ethan Smith

> Ethan Smith is historical co-founder; former Canva global research lead per indexed profile. Leonardo.Ai API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Historical co-founder; former Canva global research lead per indexed profile.

Ethan Smith co-founded Leonardo.Ai, which Canva acquired in 2024. His own site describes him as Canva's global research lead, exploring how to make AI part of the creative process. He came to AI through experiments with Disco Diffusion after studying at the University of Florida.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-smith-0b4937196
- X: https://x.com/torchcompiled

## What Ethan builds

- [Leonardo.Ai API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leonardo-ai.md), graded F, 37.7/100, in Image generation. Leonardo's own Phoenix and Lucid image models alongside resold third-party ones (FLUX, GPT Image, Ideogram 3.0, Nano Banana, Seedream) through one v2 generations endpoint. Historical co-founder; former Canva global research lead per indexed profile, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Chris Gillis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-gillis/), Co-founder, COO and CFO
- [Jachin Bhasme](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jachin-bhasme/), Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
- [JJ Fiasson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jj-fiasson/), Co-founder; Leonardo CEO and Canva generative AI lead per Nov 2025 source
- [Peter Runham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-runham/), Co-founder and CTO
- [Sami Ede](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sami-ede/), Co-founder and Research Lead, Leonardo / Canva

## Backed by

- [Smash Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/smash-capital/)
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackbird-ventures/)
- [Side Stage Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/side-stage-ventures/)
- [TIRTA Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tirta-ventures/)
- [Gaorong Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gaorong-capital/)
- [Samsung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/samsung/)

## Questions

### Who is Ethan Smith?

Ethan Smith co-founded Leonardo.Ai, which Canva acquired in 2024. His own site describes him as Canva's global research lead, exploring how to make AI part of the creative process. He came to AI through experiments with Disco Diffusion after studying at the University of Florida.

### What does Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Leonardo.Ai API from Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary). Leonardo's own Phoenix and Lucid image models alongside resold third-party ones (FLUX, GPT Image, Ideogram 3.0, Nano Banana, Seedream) through one v2 generations endpoint.

### Who has invested in Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)?

The sources our research read name Smash Capital, Blackbird Ventures, Side Stage Ventures, TIRTA Ventures, Gaorong Capital and Samsung.

### How are Ethan's tools graded?

Leonardo.Ai API is graded F, 37.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/ai-vision-november-2025/
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jachinb_exciting-news-im-so-thrilled-to-share-activity-7223922727240265730-YUoO
- https://au.linkedin.com/in/jj-fiasson
- https://vercel.com/customers/leonardo-ai-performantly-generates-4-5-million-images-daily-with-next-js-and-vercel
- https://au.linkedin.com/in/peterrunham
- https://au.linkedin.com/in/jachinb
- https://au.linkedin.com/in/sami-ede
- https://au.linkedin.com/in/chris-gillis-08a62832
- https://www.ethansmith2000.com
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-smith-0b4937196
- https://x.com/torchcompiled
- https://leonardo.ai/
- https://docs.leonardo.ai/docs/need-more-support
- https://leonardo.ai/api

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