Summary

  • The Verge has talked to Figma CEO Dylan Field after his opening keynote at Config, where he announced the company’s most significant product expansion.
  • He discusses AI and its role in the company, new areas of growth for Figma, and current competitors.
  • He also addresses the consternation in the industry last year about incorporating AI into creative products.
  • Figma’s expansion into new product areas is based on what people are already doing in Figma.
  • He also comments on whether they will release a mobile app for Figma Buzz, their AI marketing tool, to compete more directly with Canva.
  • A memo from Meta’s AI team talks about burnout and cultural issues it wants to fix and the need to be more “self-aware” about what it will take to improve.
  • OpenAI is still a nonprofit, but its corporate restructuring is far from over.
  • Former Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is heading to OpenAI to be “CEO of applications.”.

By Alex Heath

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