Picsart and Recraft Announce Exclusive Partnership, Granting First-Access for Exploration Mode to 130 Million+ Creators

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Picsart, the AI-powered design platform empowering over 130 million creators worldwide, today announced the integration of Recraft V4 Exploration Mode. This new approach to generative image creation prioritizes visual discovery over the technical hurdles of prompt engineering, aligning AI technology with the natural, iterative flow of creative work.

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Picsart's community has first access to Recraft's Exploration Mode - marking Recraft as the design platform's first exclusive AI model partner.

Picsart's community has first access to Recraft's Exploration Mode - marking Recraft as the design platform's first exclusive AI model partner. The partnership underscores Picsart's strategy of moving beyond model aggregation to offer its users privileged, early access to emerging technology ahead of the wider market.

While traditional AI tools require users to master complex engineering to get usable results, Recraft V4 is built for usability and design integrity. By entering a simple direction - such as "minimal logo" or "retro poster" - creators are immediately presented with eight distinct visual directions.

Designed for Designers, Not Just Generators

Recraft V4 distinguishes itself by prioritizing design fundamentals over simple image generation. Key features include:

• Superior Typography: Unlike standard AI models where text often warps, Recraft V4 maintains clear, readable, and professional-grade lettering.
• True Vector Outputs: It remains the only model offering native vector generation (SVG), allowing logos and icons to be scaled and edited without losing quality.
• Design-First Logic: Outputs feature balanced layouts and harmonious color palettes, reducing the need for post-generation "fixing."
• Flexible Workflows: Support for professional export formats including SVG, PNG, JPG, PDF, TIFF, and Lottie.

Exploration Mode: Discovery Over Description

Exploration Mode embraces the inherent messiness of the creative process. Rather than requiring a perfect prompt upfront, it generates eight distinct visual directions—ranging from the structured to the experimental. Simply select the result that resonates and use it instantly, or refine it further to perfect your vision.

Recraft V4 is now available within Picsart Flow for full-scale design projects and in the AI Playground, where users can experiment with over 100+ models in a fast-paced, side-by-side comparison environment.

A generative AI pioneer since 2016, this news follows last week's announcement that Picsart has opened the waitlist for the first Creative AI Agent Marketplace.

Notes to Editors

About Picsart

Picsart is a recognized AI-powered platform for creative independence in a global economy increasingly driven and impacted by content. For over 14 years, Picsart has grown with and enabled the next generation of storytellers – Gen Z digital natives – to design, brand, and build at scale without limitations or barriers. With approximately 130+ million monthly active users and over 2.5 billion downloads, Picsart is well on its way to becoming the creative engine behind the $750 billion market of small businesses, entrepreneurs and brands, offering a range of innovative and intuitive tools and solutions that revolutionizes the creative, marketing and advertising processes. As creativity becomes central to identity, influence, entrepreneurship and profitability, Picsart is the platform for scalable, self-directed storytelling in a content-first economy.

About Recraft

Recraft builds design-led AI models for professional visual creation. Its flagship model, Recraft V4, delivers production-ready visuals with design vision built in — from vector graphics to raster imagery. Recraft Studio, the company's creative application, gives designers and marketing teams full control over AI-generated assets in a single workspace. Learn more at recraft.ai.

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