Moda AI has raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst to build an AI design agent that learns a company's brand identity and generates fully editable presentations, social posts, and visual assets. The round also includes Pear VC, WndrCo (Jeffrey Katzenberg's firm), and founders from Dropbox, Stripe, Segment, Google, and Scale AI. The platform launched publicly on March 24, 2026 at moda.app.

What Happened

Moda's AI agent ingests a company's visual identity from websites, Google Drive, slide decks, and existing design assets, then generates brand-aligned content on a collaborative, layered canvas. Unlike tools that output static images, Moda produces fully editable designs with layers that users can modify, rearrange, and refine. The platform supports import and export with Google Slides and PowerPoint.

The founding team brings significant operator experience. CEO Anvisha Pai co-founded Dover and worked at Dropbox pre-IPO. COO Ravi Parikh co-founded Heap and Airplane. CTO John Holliman was employee number one at Dover and scaled infrastructure at Expanse. The company is based in SoHo, New York.

Teams across sales, marketing, and operations are already using Moda for investor decks, marketing materials, and internal presentations. Notable customers include General Catalyst portfolio companies Fermat Commerce and Speak, along with teams at Google, McKinsey, Y Combinator, Stanford, ByteDance, and Plaid.

Why It Matters

Design tools have been slow to adopt AI beyond basic generation. Canva and Adobe added AI features, but most produce static outputs that require significant manual editing. Moda's approach of learning a brand's visual language and producing layered, editable canvas designs addresses a real gap in the market.

For creative professionals and marketing teams, the value proposition is clear: brand-consistent designs generated in minutes rather than hours, without the cost of agencies or the limitations of template-based tools. Early users report replacing Canva entirely and cutting design time from hours to minutes. The seed round from General Catalyst and a strong investor roster signal serious confidence in this category.

This sits within a broader trend of AI agents entering creative workflows, from Figma's canvas AI to Shopify's Tinker suite. The design agent space is heating up fast.

What to Do Next

Try Moda for free at moda.app. Upload a few brand assets or point it at your website to see how well it captures your visual identity. Test it on a real project like a pitch deck or social media post to evaluate whether the editable canvas output meets your quality bar. If you are evaluating AI design tools for your team, compare the layered-canvas approach against static-image generators to see which fits your workflow better.