Uncapped with Jack Altman
Uncapped #31 | Dylan Field from Figma
Conversations with people I admire about things I’m genuinely interested in.
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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:
() Intro
() The first 5 years of Figma
() Slow build vs AI gold rush
() The role of the human designer
() Small companies with $1B in revenue
() Expanding a sleepy market
() Leading with empathy as CEO
() Connecting with young people
() Getting stronger despite Adobe
() AI impacting Figma’s roadmap
() Final bastion of human designers
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