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Field: Only 17% of surveyed designers view AI as a threat
“It's interesting for that survey we ran, I think it was 16 or 17% of respondents that were designers who said the development in tech tools, AI are a threat to my role. So only 17%.”
Field: BLS data showed only ~250k designers when Figma started
“We looked at the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the start of Figma. It was like, 250,000 designers in the world is what it said.”
Field: Figma took nearly five years from founding to first revenue
“We started the company August, 20 12. Started working hardcore at Figma in June, 2013. Close beta was December, 2015. Didn't do GA with multiplayer until October, 2016. And then summer of 2017, we made our first money.”
Field: 56% of non-designers now perform design-centric tasks regularly
“56% of non-designers said that they engage a lot or a great deal in at least one design-centric task. Like prototyping or visual brand exploration. And we'd actually done that question a year before with a similar respondent set, and it was up to all percentag…”