Designing the Future: Dylan Field on AI, Collaboration, and Independence

Figma has had a banner year and the formidable team isn’t slowing down—even after regulatory issues blocked the merger with Adobe. Today on No Priors, Sarah and Elad are joined by Dylan Field the CEO and founder of Figma, the design collaboration tool that is closing the gap between imagination and reality. They discuss what’s next for an independent Figma, how AI can augment design and speed up the iteration loop, and how Figma is expanding beyond design with products that help the entire product team’s workflow.

Show Links:

• https://www.figma.com/
• Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Introduction

(2:01) No more Adobe acquisition 

(4:20) What’s next for Figma

(7:16) FigJam, digital collaboration, and expanding beyond design

(10:50) Figma DevMode

(13:06) Incorporating AI at Figma

(15:03) How AI will change design

(19:19) Creativity augmentation and the iterative loop

(22:44) Automating repetitive design tasks

(25:35) The future of AI UI

(29:44) Investing philosophy

(31:28) Leadership evolution