Over recent months, Figma has established partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic to integrate support for AI command-line tools like Claude Code and Codex, enabling users to work with these coding environments alongside its design platform. Now, the company is introducing its own AI capabilities through a new agent that operates directly within its collaborative canvas. According to Figma, users can use natural language text prompts to direct this AI agent to create fresh designs, modify existing ones, or automate tasks such as generating variations of current projects. It is even possible to launch multiple agents simultaneously to handle different tasks at once.

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The company asserts that the AI assistant comprehends design contexts and elements because it operates on AI models specifically fine-tuned for design purposes. "As building software gets easier, what matters most is setting direction: deciding what to work on, how it should function, what the experience should feel like. Teams can now collaborate with agents on the multiplayer canvas to test out ideas, visualize edge cases, and refine concepts together without over-indexing on the more tedious parts," said Loredana Crisan, Figma's chief design officer, in a statement. The agent is initially rolling out within Figma Design, with plans to expand it to other products in the future. Figma has indicated that, over time, it aims to bring design and code even closer together within its applications.

Facing stiff competition from rivals such as Canva, Adobe, Flora, Krea, and Dessn, Figma acquired the node-based design tool Weavy last year and has introduced new image editing features to its offerings. Despite concerns that AI might reduce the workload of designers and the demand for their software, the company has performed well: in the first quarter of 2026, Figma reported revenue of $333.4 million, a 46% increase compared to the same period a year earlier.