Dylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, a design software company that went public in July 2025. Founded in 2012, Figma transformed how people design, prototype, and build products together. After a $20 billion acquisition attempt by Adobe collapsed in 2022 because of regulators, Dylan helped Figma rebound stronger than ever. Just three years later, Figma listed its shares at nearly $20 billion and its stock price more than tripled on its first trading day.
A few highlights:
- Expanding a sleepy market
- Merging of designers and product roles
- Counter-narrative to polarizing CEOs
- If models get better, we have to
- Remembering Brat Summer
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Intro
(0:37) The first 5 years of Figma
(5:14) Slow build vs AI gold rush
(13:01) The role of the human designer
(18:55) Small companies with $1B in revenue
(21:28) Expanding a sleepy market
(27:49) Leading with empathy as CEO
(32:51) Connecting with young people
(41:37) Getting stronger despite Adobe
(48:43) AI impacting Figma’s roadmap
(52:02) Final bastion of human designers
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More on Dylan:
https://www.figma.com/
https://x.com/zoink
More on Jack:
https://www.altcap.com/
https://x.com/jaltma
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