Leonardo AI Unleashed: The Generative Art Powerhouse Rivaling Midjourney and DALL·E
Leonardo AI launched in 2022 as a Sydney-based platform for image, art, and video generation. By mid-2024 it had over 19 million users who had generated more than a billion images. Canva acquired Leonardo.ai in 2024, with all 120 Leonardo team members joining Canva. Core models include XL variants like Anime XL, Lightning XL, and Phoenix, plus community models RPG v5 and DreamShaper. AI Canvas offers Live Canvas real-time sketch-guided generation, delivering control over every pixel. Veo, the AI Video Generator, can turn an image or prompt into a short animated clip with sound. 3D Texture Generation lets users texture