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Dr J Rould

Full-Time Tech Investor, Quantum/Cybersecurity, Philosophy Background

14 Jul, 15:27Latest

Figma faces a long-term competitive threat because its users have already shown they will switch: every Figma user left the Adobe suite once a better option emerged. If a genuinely better suite at a similar price came along, from Anthropic for example, they could switch again, enterprise layer included. A post the author replies to argues Figma's moat is its governance layer and system of record, citing 46% growth and 139% net dollar retention. A short-term software rebound remains possible. x.com x.com x.com

FIG

13 Apr, 15:05

Figma looks attractive because, anecdotally, it is eating Adobe's business, and its chart has technically escaped a falling wedge. @cyberprince_rwo, whose wife is a graphic designer using Figma, sees the stock down 85% and probably a multi-bagger by 2027. x.com x.com

FIG

mon

Independent Analyst, High-Risk Small-Cap & Growth Investing

18 Apr

FIG

Anthropic's launch of Claude Design threatens Figma's core business. The tool lets users make prototypes, slides and one-pagers by talking to Claude, and the announcement drew 43 million views in 22 hours. Figma is dead. x.com

Surmount

Automated Investing & Portfolio Tools

21 Apr

FIG

Anthropic's Claude Design threatens Figma's 80-90% grip on UI/UX design by letting anyone build prototypes, pitch decks and marketing assets from plain text. Users upload a brand kit and it handles colors and fonts, with no design background needed. Figma fell 7.28% on launch day, after dropping 6% when Anthropic's CPO left its board as reports leaked. That dominance will not vanish overnight, but it is starting to crack; the stock sits over 80% below its post-IPO peak. x.com

Prepared Remarks

Equity Investor, Macro Commentary

13 Jun

FIG

Figma is a higher-beta way to play a recovery in hated software, with better management, product and growth than peers and customers who love it. Microsoft is the TSMC of software, but within design Figma offers more beta. If Adobe works, it is because design-disruption fears have subsided, and Figma catches a bid in that case. x.com

Jonah Lupton

CEO & CIO of FirstWave Capital, Long-Biased Growth

8 Oct

ADBE

Adobe is hard to want to own after an open-source project reimplemented its full software suite, as @math_fournity reports. x.com

Ola Ξlixir

AI Engineer, Building Vano, Web3 Growth

17 Apr

FIG

Anthropic's Claude Design just took Figma's job. The new tool makes prototypes, slides and one-pagers by talking to Claude, per Anthropic. x.com

Research & Invest

Investor, Institutional Asset Management Background

14 May

FIG

Figma is monetizing AI tokens rather than being eaten by them, and could out-execute Adobe and gain share before AI reaches it. Q1 revenue rose 46% to $333M with 139% net dollar retention. About 60% of $100K+ customers use Figma Make weekly, and after AI credit limits went live, 75% of users who had exceeded them kept using credits in April, with over 95% still active. With $1.4B of ARR against Adobe's $19B in digital media, Figma has room to take share and use AI to deepen stickiness. x.com … Show more

peony

Equity Investor & Researcher

13 Oct

ADBE

Adobe's professional switching costs make fears of a one-shot replacement look arbitrary. Users would have to retrain for years and migrate established production systems across its many apps; the comparison with Duolingo's streaks and virtual badges is about inconsistent disruption fears, not necessarily a bearish call on Duolingo. x.com x.com

Nate Endicott

Retail Investor, AI Infrastructure & Nebius

17 Apr

FIG

Anthropic's Claude Design, which makes prototypes, slides and one-pagers by talking to Claude, spells trouble for Figma. The launch drew 20 million views in seven hours, and Claude keeps crushing these product releases. x.com

M Mohan

Private Equity at IncVangal, Former Microsoft Ventures Director

20 Mar

FIG

Google's Stitch is not a threat to Figma, because the two serve different users. Figma is for semi-professional designers, sitting between Adobe's products and Canva, while Stitch is for cheap DIYers. Figma users might move to Stitch in 5 to 10 years, if at all, a reply to @oreHistorian's view that Stitch would hurt Figma's growth. x.com

TrumpGrift Capital

Equity Investing Commentary

14 May

FIG

Figma is still expensive and would only look attractive at Salesforce, Workday or Atlassian multiples. A post the author replies to argues the stock's failure to jump on strong numbers shows how bad sentiment is. x.com

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