Figma CEO on Design, Product, Engineering: Blurring the Lines in the AI Era | Dylan Field | E276

AI just kind of changed the way that we need to think about the surfaces that you're on. Your surfaces are no longer just the owned experience you have when you go to the whatever your company name is .com. It's everywhere people can interact with the product. It's something that I just also really enjoy around AI in particular is kinda testing models and push them to their limits. We see improvements not only when we're able to orchestrate around the models better and do smarter things and build more tools around them, but also when the models improve, we improve. We're sort of in this, like, MS DOS era of AI where the prompt is everything and the model is some kind of spaceship and your prompt is maybe your compass. Hey. This is Carlos's AI voice, CEO at Product School and your host on the product podcast. This episode was recorded live at ProductCon San Francisco, the AI conference for product leaders. My guest today is Dylan Field, CEO and cofounder of Figma, a company that has revolutionized design collaboration. With 13,000,000 monthly active users and evaluation of $68,000,000,000, Figma has become the go to platform for product teams around the world. Dylan's visionary leadership has helped shape a product that is now synonymous with modern cloud based design. In this episode, we cover how Figma is integrating AI to revolutionize design and product management workflows, the future of AI powered design tools and their potential impact on product teams, the role of AI driven prototyping in accelerating product development and iteration, the critical intersection of product management and design, and why aligning AI with user needs is key to building successful products. It's a must listen for any product leader looking to harness the power of AI in their teams. Let's get started. It's finally happening. Dylan. Hey. Thank you so much for having me. And, this is an amazing group. I got to meet some folks, on my way in and just wow. What an incredible community you've created. Well, community is something that I know you care a lot about. I'm curious to know, how do you actually fit community around your product? I mean, from the start of Figma, you know, it's not like we started and had the Figma community, obviously. Rather, it was the case that there was a design community out there, and I was so eager to break into it myself and for Figma. And I was very lucky. Designers and Silicon Valley culture in general is, all about, I think, paying it forward. And folks are so receptive to someone that sends them a cold email, and they will actually reply. I try my best to do the same. I'm not able to always do it, but I do, try very hard. And, yeah, I benefited so much from not just the ability to meet my heroes, in the design community, but then also the chance to really …