Figma Make: AI drafts now sit inside your design file

Figma folded AI prototyping straight into the file with Figma Make, previewed at Config 2025. A year on, teams use it for first-pass screens, not finished UI.

Figma Make lets you type a prompt and get an editable UI draft inside your existing file — no copy-pasting from a separate AI tool. It's been live long enough now that teams use it to skip the blank-canvas stage on early concepts, then rebuild properly with real components and your design system. For Penpot users: there's no native equivalent yet, so if you're applying to Figma-first studios it's worth knowing the feature exists even if you don't use it daily. Calling this **adoption**, not hype — it's been in general use for over a year, long enough that some recruiters may expect you've at least tried it.

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