Over the past few months, Figma has partnered with Anthropic and OpenAI to include support for AI CLI tools like Claude Code and Codex, allowing users to use these coding environments alongside their design software. The company is currently ramping up its own AI-smart efforts through a new AI agent that operates within a collaborative canvas.
Figma says users can use natural language text prompts to instruct the new AI agent to automate tasks such as generating new designs, editing existing designs, or generating iterations of existing designs. Users can also launch multiple agents that can perform different tasks simultaneously.
The company says the AI assistant works on an AI model that has been fine-tuned for design, so it can understand the context and elements of the design.
“As it becomes easier to build software, the most important thing is setting the direction: deciding what to work on, how it should work, and what the experience should feel like. Teams can now collaborate with agents on a multiplayer canvas to test ideas, visualize edge cases, and refine concepts together without over-indexing the tedious parts,” said Loredana Crisan, Chief Design Officer at Figma. he said in a statement.
The agent was first released in Figma Design, and the company plans to eventually make it available in other products as well. Figma says it wants to bring design and code closer together within the app over time.
Facing stiff competition from the likes of Canva, Adobe, Flora, Krea, and Dessn, Figma acquired node-based design tool Weavy last year, adding new image editing features to its product.
The company has fared well despite concerns that AI would eat into demand for designers’ jobs and the software they use. In the first quarter of 2026, Figma reported revenue of $333.4 million, up 46% year over year.
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