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.”.