Figma signage seems on the New York Inventory Alternate in New York as the corporate prepares for its shares to start buying and selling on July 31, 2025.
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Figma shares jumped 7% on Monday after the design software program vendor’s know-how was promoted by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in an onstage demo at his firm’s annual DevDay convention in San Francisco.
Altman mentioned Figma’s integration into ChatGPT, which has greater than 800 million month-to-month customers. He confirmed how third-party purposes might plug in with OpenAI’s Apps SDK, or software program improvement framework.
“When somebody’s utilizing ChatGPT, you can discover an app by asking for it by title,” Altman mentioned. “For instance, you may sketch out a product circulate for ChatGPT after which say, Figma, flip this sketch right into a workable diagram. The Figma app will take over reply and full the motion.”
Along with asking for Figma’s assist by title in ChatGPT, the assistant may counsel Figma when it is related, Figma product supervisor Luke Zhang mentioned in a blog post.
The rally for Figma, at its excessive level, was the steepest because the day of the corporate’s public market debut on the New York Inventory Alternate in July.
Figma has been ramping up its own tools for engaged on app and web site designs utilizing generative AI fashions from OpenAI and different suppliers.
Subscribers to merchandise that connect with the Apps SDK will be capable of log in with out leaving their ChatGPT conversations, Altman mentioned. He mentioned individuals engaged on merchandise in Figma may launch the FigJam device to maintain engaged on improvement concepts. Apps SDK is predicated on the Mannequin Context Protocol, an open normal that OpenAI rival Anthropic introduced final 12 months.
Software program builders will be capable of submit apps for assessment later in 2025, Altman mentioned.
Over time, OpenAI will supply some ways to generate income by means of third-party integrations, Altman mentioned. Final week, OpenAI announced a feature permitting individuals to purchase merchandise listed on Etsy by means of ChatGPT.
