Figma vice president of product design Noah Levin told Business Insider that AI tools have raised the bar for what he expects from job candidates, requiring them to produce high-fidelity prototypes an…
Figma acquired the team behind Bud, an AI agent builder formerly known as Orchids, to strengthen its AI prototyping capabilities. The deal, reported by TechCrunch on July 7, 2026, will shut down Bud a…
Claude Code creator Boris Cherny outlined five job archetypes for the AI era—Prototyper, Builder, Sweeper, Grower, and Maintainer—arguing that traditional engineering, product, and design roles are me…
OpenAI's head of Codex, Andrew Ambrosino, said AI still struggles with creative design because taste and judgment are harder to measure than code. Figma CEO Dylan Field echoed that AI models produce a…
Ben Thompson shares his experience with 'vibe coding' an app for organizing his garage, highlighting the fun and potential of AI technology. Apple's Siri AI will not launch in Europe due to the Digita…
Figma CEO Dylan Field discussed the company's journey from a WebGL breakthrough to a failed Adobe acquisition and subsequent IPO, as well as the market's perception of Figma as an AI loser despite Fie…
Figma announced a suite of new AI-powered collaboration tools at its Config event, including Code Layers, Motion and Shader tools, AI workflows called Figma Weave, and agent skills. CEO Dylan Field em…
Figma CEO Dylan Field told The New York Times' "Hard Fork" podcast that AI-generated design produces average outputs and humans remain essential for creating novel work, as the company releases AI "vi…
Figma CEO Dylan Field said creative professionals should not fear AI-generated design, arguing that AI produces average work while humans can create something fundamentally new. He made the remarks at…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared insights on artificial intelligence, the future of work, and the company's strategic direction during a Hard Fork Live conversation. The discussion also featured Fig…