Figma | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights

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Figma is a leading collaborative design tool based in San Francisco, California, that enables teams to design, prototype, and gather feedback on products in a single platform. It aims to make design accessible to everyone and offers a suite of products including Figma Design, FigJam, and Figma Slides, facilitating collaboration among designers, developers, and product managers.

🛍️ Figma Product and Pricing News →

👔 Figma CEO, Management and Leadership Team →

⚔️ Figma Alternatives and Competitors →

💼 Figma Hiring and Layoffs →

🤖 Figma Developer, Integration and Automation News →

📈 Figma Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News →

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🛍️ Figma Product and Pricing News

• Lottielab will release a Figma plugin called 'Magic Animation' to animate designs with AI.
• Figma is rolling out two AI updates to Figma Design using OpenAI's gpt-image-1, including a new Edit image feature and an updated Make an Image API.
• Figma launched a beta version in Korean on April 16, with a full release planned for May.
• Figma launched a QR Code Generator tool for customizable QR codes that can be integrated into designs.
• On April 9, Figma launched Connected Projects to help freelancers and agencies collaborate with clients using billable seats from their own plans.

• Figma now offers over 1,500 shapes and icons from AWS, GCP, Azure, and more, enhancing its technical diagramming capabilities.
• Figma introduced FigPals, available only during April Fun Week.
• Figma created an MCP Server, as announced on April 2, 2025.

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👔 Figma CEO, Management and Leadership Team

• Sheila Joglekar Vashee

  
  Chief Marketing Officer
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• Ben Liebald

  
  Engineering Director
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• Nadia Singer

  
  Chief People Officer
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• Yuhki Yamashita

  
  Chief Product Officer
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• Shaunt Voskanian

  
  Chief Revenue Officer
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• Meredith Black

  
  Director of DesignOps
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• Kris Rasmussen

  
  CTO, Figma
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• Pradip Malaviya

  
  Chief Operation Officer & Board of Director Red & White Education PVT. LTD.
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• Crystal Tomczyk

  
  Vice President People/ Exec HR/ Employee Relations/Belonging/DEIB/ L&D
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• Zander Whitehurst

  
  Founder & CEO Memorisely · Educator Advisory Board Figma • Making UX/UI Education Accessible
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• Dylan Field

  
  CEO & Co-founder of Figma
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• Praveer Melwani

  
  CFO
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⚔️ Figma Alternatives and Competitors

• Adobe XD
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• Miro
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• Sketch
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• InVision
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• UXPin
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• Axure RP
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• Marvel
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• Justinmind
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• Moqups
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• Framer
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• Canva
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• Balsamiq
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• Siter
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• Penpot

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💼 Figma Hiring and Layoffs

• Figma is currently hiring an Executive Assistant, CIO in the United States.
• Kristin N. Scott has joined Figma as VP, North American Enterprise & Strategic Sales in the United States.
• Rodrigo Davies has joined the AI team at Figma as an AI Product Leader.
• Christian Angulo has joined Figma as Manager, Figma for Education - International in the United States, previously serving as Director, Strategic Partner Development at Coursera.
• Frankie Baker has left Figma to join Robolink as a Community Manager in the United States, previously serving as a Community Coordinator at Robolink.

• Figma is hiring a detail-oriented equity enthusiast for their growing equity team, as announced by Ngân Vũ, Sr. Equity Ops Manager.
• Figma is hiring a UX writer for their Developer Tools team, focusing on enhancing the developer experience and bridging the gap between design and production, with positions available in London and remotely in the UK.
• Devin Blais has joined Figma as an Engineering Manager in the United States, previously serving as a Senior Engineering Manager at Opendoor.

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🤖 Figma Developer, Integration and Automation News

• SAP is using the full Figma platform, including FigJam, Dev Mode, and Figma Slides, to enhance their design and collaboration workflows globally.
• Figma is collaborating with major publishers like The New York Times and The Economist to enhance news design using their platform, as reported on February 19, 2025.
• Figma collaborated with Playwell Bricks to create a custom brick set, praised by Sofia Montgomery for the fast and delightful design process.

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📈 Figma Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News

• Figma acquired Modyfi, an AI-powered design platform, on April 20, 2025, enhancing its ecosystem with AI-assisted design, vector creation, and animation features.
• Figma's CEO and founder, Dylan Field, participated in a $75 million funding round for BRINC Drones.

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