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TechCheck+ Figma CEO Dylan Field 6/26/24

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4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

CNBC's Dierdre Bosa is at Figma's "Config" Conference in San Francisco with Figma CEO Dylan Field. Following a regulatory block of Adobe’s $20 billion acquisition of Figma last December, the San Francisco software design firm received a $1 billion breakup fee and is forging ahead with product launches and further software partnering with Google.

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The fast-growing design startup Figma is hosting its annual conference today in San Francisco

0:04.8

just six months after EU regulators push back on Adobe's planned $20 billion acquisition of the company.

0:11.2

Dear Gebosa joins us for today's Tech check

0:13.4

with an exclusive with Figma CEO Dylan Field

0:16.0

in his first C NBC interview since that deal termination.

0:19.2

Deertia.

0:21.6

Kelly, thank you so much.

0:22.6

And we're going to get to some of those reflections on that deal.

0:25.0

But let's start with today.

0:26.6

We're at config.

0:27.8

Some 10,000 people here at Moskonei Center in San Francisco.

0:31.1

You just stepped off your keynote where you announced a bunch of

0:33.8

different artificial intelligence features.

0:36.6

When we talk about it on kind of a high level for creatives, it's both a threat and an opportunity.

0:41.9

How will generative AI help your design users

0:44.6

and programming users?

0:45.9

Yeah, it's a great question.

0:47.4

And first of all, thank you for having me

0:49.3

and thank you for coming to config.

0:51.9

So yeah, we just got done with our keynote.

0:54.8

We announced the AI features, some of the AI features mentioned, just to illustrate what we

0:59.1

announced, it was things like prompt to design, but also all sorts of features that help designers move past roadblocks and speed bumps in their creative process.

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