‘Hard Fork’ Live Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era

Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.3 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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“I think if you have a creative voice in writing or design, you put yourself out there and you take a risk — this is a good time to do that,” said the Figma chief executive Dylan Field.

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0:00.0	This episode of Hard Fork is brought to you by our Hard Fork Live, 26 sponsors.
0:06.4	Premier sponsor, IBM, Associate Sponsors Everpure, Pure Leaf, and the University of Notre Dame,
0:12.6	and supporting sponsor at Lassian.
0:14.4	Thank you. Welcome back, Hard Fork listeners. This week we are bringing you more interviews from Hard Fork
0:41.5	Live and a special musical performance. Today, we are featuring an interview with Dylan Field,
0:48.4	the CEO of Figma, as well as a musical performance by Dan Powell, one of the New York Times
0:53.8	musicians and composers who works on the show
0:56.6	and who was there in San Francisco at the live event as our DJ.
1:00.8	Yeah, this is a really fun collection of segments,
1:03.9	fascinating conversations with Figma's Dylan Field,
1:07.8	and a just legendary performance from Dan Powell, who is one of our favorite people
1:12.6	and one of the most fun things about working here is getting to hear dance cool music.
1:18.1	We'll be back with more Hard Fork Live on Friday, including a discussion with Daniel Kokatelo and
1:23.4	Syash Kapoor, a hang with Dwarkesh Patel, and we'll take questions live from the crowd.
1:30.2	Now, have those been screened in advance?
1:32.0	No.
1:32.6	Okay.
1:33.0	They're firing from the hip.
1:49.9	Well, we have so much more to come tonight.
1:53.9	I know it's hard to believe, but we are so excited for our next guest.
2:00.6	Our next guest is the CEO of Figma, an AI and web-based design application founded in 2012.
2:02.5	It's Dylan Field.
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