Figma, the user interface design platform, is developing a feature that enables users to create apps with the assistance of AI. This development was spotted and reported by Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher known for uncovering unreleased features of apps on social media.
Figma is working on an AI App Maker
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 19, 2025
– Accepts text prompt, Figma files, images, etc. as input
– Powered by Claude Sonnet LLM via Supabase pic.twitter.com/q8er9z5gFX
Wong also added that this feature accepts text prompts, Figma files, and images as input. The functionality is powered by Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model.
Furthermore, Wong also mentioned that Figma is developing a functionality called ‘Figma Sites, ‘ which will allow users to build and publish responsive websites using pre-built blocks and preset interactions.
Figma is working on Figma Sites
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 19, 2025
“Design responsively, use pre-built blocks, and add preset interactions—then launch with a click” pic.twitter.com/NaCqNHhifa
Recently, Figma confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. As of last June, the company’s annual recurring revenue (ARR) reached $700 million, and it has raised a total of $748.6 million through multiple funding rounds.
Figma has also integrated several AI features into its platform, including the ‘First Draft’ feature, which lets users generate a visual interface by using natural language prompts.
A review from the popular UX blog DesignerUp stated, “It handles auto layout perfectly, creating nested and component designs seamlessly.” Additionally, the components and elements in the generated interface are part of a design system as well.
Having said that, Figma has been facing fierce competition from the so-called ‘vibe coding’ tools, like Replit, Lovable, Cursor, and Windsurf. Besides, the platform recently notified Lovable, forbidding it from using the term ‘Dev Mode’ in its product. Figma claims to hold the ‘DEV MODE’ trademark.
Several developers in the industry revealed that they are jumping straight to prototyping with AI-powered coding tools, bypassing Figma altogether.
Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator and a renowned venture capitalist, said he encountered a CEO of a “moderately big tech company” who replaced the design tool Figma with Replit, an AI code companion tool.
“Replit is so good at generating apps that they just go straight to prototype now,” Graham said as he recalled what the CEO told him. “This surprised me because I don’t even think of them as being in the same business,” he added.
