Figma Launches AI-Powered Design Tools Figma is accelerating its push to put artificial intelligence at the center of how software is designed and built, moving from experimental agents to a generally available AI app builder tightly connected to real codebases.

In October 2025, the company’s AI ambitions were reinforced by its roughly $200 million acquisition of Tel Aviv startup Weavy, whose node-based AI canvas technology later helped underpin Figma’s own native AI experiences on the design surface.

By May 20, 2026, Figma publicly turned AI into a first-class collaborator on its signature multiplayer canvas. TechCrunch reported that “Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas,” noting the tool would debut inside Figma Design. The Next Web described the feature as an AI agent that “lives inside the collaborative canvas and can generate, edit, and iterate on designs from a simple text prompt,” allowing teams to “run multiple agents simultaneously” alongside human teammates. The Verge framed the same launch as confirmation that “Figma has a product design AI agent,” built to help generate and edit design projects and “automate busywork.”

As these assistants matured, Figma expanded from design help toward full app creation. Earlier in 2026 it introduced Figma Make, a prompt-to-app coding tool that lets users “build working prototypes and apps using natural language descriptions, instead of needing to have innate coding skills.”

On May 28, Figma Make formally exited beta. The Verge reported that “Figma’s AI app building tool is now available for everyone,” although publishing Make-created designs remains limited to paying Full Seat subscribers. In a parallel update, Figma announced “Figma Make Can Edit Your Production Codebase Now,” turning the tool into “a visual surface for building and editing real software” by connecting directly to production or sandbox repositories, with a new panel for “precise design adjustments like layouts, colors, font sizes, and effects.”

Together, the moves mark a shift in how different stakeholders view Figma: designers gain AI copilots on the canvas, while developers see Figma turning into a visual editor for real code. Supporters argue this could streamline design-to-development handoffs; skeptics will watch closely how teams manage quality, access controls, and subscription constraints as AI agents begin to touch production systems.

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