S6 | E10: Jordan Singer - The future of AI in Figma

Live from Config, this episode with Jordan Singer follows his journey from the Diagram acquisition all the way to Figma’s 2024 AI release. We go deep into:What didn’t ship at Config and whyHow they navigated the early idea mazeHow the role of designer will be impacted by AIWhat it will be like designing dynamic interfacesWhat makes Jordan’s new role at Figma so uniqueWhy renaming layers was such a big internal debateWhy the sparkle icon will become the new floppy diskThe surprising pivot that led to Jordan’s favorite AI featureHow Jordan prototypes by hacking on top of the Figma code baseThe old Diagram websiteFigma’s new AI landing pageFigma’s blog post introducing AIFigma’s 2024 Config Keynote