Design SaaS, San Francisco

Figma

San Francisco · Founded October 2012

Quick read

Figma, a collaborative design SaaS company, was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. It went public on the NYSE in July 2025, marking what Fortune described as the largest U.S. tech IPO of that period. Q1 2026 revenue grew 46% year-over-year — accelerating for the second straight quarter — with net dollar retention reaching 139%, its highest in over two years.

Key facts

Founded
October 2012
Founders
Dylan Field, Evan Wallace
Employees
~2,877
Sectors
saas, devtools
Website
figma.com

Mission

Make design accessible to all — one collaborative platform where product teams create, prototype, test, and ship.

Recent activity

  • Aug 2026press
    Figma reported Q2 2026 revenue of $370.1 million, up 48% year-over-year — its third consecutive quarter of accelerating growth. Over 80% of paid customers with more than $10,000 in ARR were consuming AI credits weekly as of June 30, 2026. investor.figma.com
  • Jun 2026product
    Figma held Config 2026 at Moscone Center South in San Francisco (June 23–25), drawing over 10,000 attendees. CEO Dylan Field led the keynote, announcing six major capabilities: Code Layers, Figma Motion, WebGPU shader effects, a generative plugin system, the Figma Weave tool (built on acquired startup Weavy), and a Figma agent with skills and connectors. theverge.com
  • Jun 2026product
    Code Layers — Figma's feature for writing and editing code directly on the design canvas — entered early access in July 2026. Figma Motion launched on June 24 with CSS, JSON, and React export, plus MP4, GIF, WebM, and Animated SVG output. six2eight.com
  • Apr 2026press
    Figma, now listed on NYSE as FIG, announced it would release Q1 2026 financial results on May 14, 2026, confirming its status as a public company following its July 2025 IPO. finance.yahoo.com
  • Feb 2026product
    Figma launched Code to Canvas with Anthropic Claude integration, expanding its AI-assisted design-to-code surface. techscreen.app
  • Jul 2025fundraise
    Figma went public on the NYSE at $33 per share, valuing the company at roughly $15 billion at debut — about 18 months after the $20 billion Adobe acquisition was blocked by regulators in late 2023. techscreen.app
  • Jun 2026product
    Figma held Config 2026 in San Francisco with more than 10,000 in-person attendees. The company announced an AI-powered 'intelligent canvas' combining design, code, AI agents, and collaborative workflows in one workspace. New features include motion on the canvas, 3D transforms, shaders, code layers, FigJam and Slides support, generative plugins, and Weave tools for custom creative production. ciol.com
  • Jun 2026press
    Figma released findings from its third annual AI report, drawing on more than 8,400 survey responses and 639 qualitative interviews collected over three years. ciol.com
  • Jun 2026press
    CEO Dylan Field gave a Config 2026 keynote arguing that AI is a tailwind for Figma, framing the canvas as the natural intersection between design and AI. He discussed this view in a Stratechery interview with Ben Thompson. stratechery.com
  • Jun 2026product
    Figma announced Weave creative workflows can now live alongside Figma frames, and motion is integrated directly on the canvas in the same file as components, variables, and team assets. figma.com
  • Jun 2026press
    Figma announced Config India, its first India-specific conference, scheduled for October 15, 2026 in Bengaluru. The event follows the opening of a Bengaluru office in November 2025. ciol.com
  • Jun 2026press
    Config 2026 conference scheduled for June 23–25. Figma also noted a mention by Apple CEO Tim Cook during his final WWDC keynote. x.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

  • Dylan Field · CEO & Co-founder
  • Evan Wallace · Co-founder (former CTO, departed 2021)
  • Praveer Melwani · CFO
  • Sho Kuwamoto · VP of Engineering
  • Yuhki Yamashita · Chief Product Officer

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Frequently asked

What is Figma?+

Figma, a collaborative design SaaS company, was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. It went public on the NYSE in July 2025, marking what Fortune described as the largest U.

Where is Figma headquartered?+

Figma is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

When was Figma founded?+

Figma was founded in October 2012 by Dylan Field, Evan Wallace.

What sectors does Figma operate in?+

Figma focuses on saas, devtools. They primarily operate in these sectors.

Who is the CEO of Figma?+

Dylan Field is the CEO of Figma.

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