Figma Adds AI App Builder

PLUS: Google’s Plan for Training Data, Rivian’s AI Plan

Leader, welcome back. Today’s updates:

  • Turn your big idea into a real app. Agents handle the rest.

  • Figma unveils AI App Builder and Figma Sites to help teams go from prompt to product faster

  • Google proposes AI agents that learn from experience instead of human-labeled data

  • Rivian appoints AI expert Aidan Gomez to board, signaling deeper push into AI-powered EVs

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NEWS UPDATES

Figma Adds AI App Builder

Figma is testing a new AI tool powered by Claude Sonnet that builds apps from simple prompts, files, or images. It’s also launching “Figma Sites” to help teams design and publish websites quickly with ready-made blocks.

Why it matters:

Figma is shifting from a design tool to an app builder. This threatens low-code rivals and could cut dev costs for digital teams.

Insight:

Expect more companies to skip dev cycles and go straight from prompt to product. Leaders should test these tools now to stay ahead of the design-to-deploy curve.

Google’s Plan for Training Data

Google just proposed a bold shift in AI: instead of using human-made data, future AI agents will learn by creating their own. This “Era of Experience” suggests agents should interact with the real world to collect fresh, self-generated data. A sharp turn from OpenAI’s data-hungry ChatGPT model.

Why it matters:

This could end AI’s dependence on expensive, limited human data and unlock new ways to boost productivity, automate decisions, and personalize customer experience, especially in fast-changing industries.

Insight:

Watch for AI systems that learn on the job. Expect new tools in health, education, and climate that adapt faster without waiting on new training data.

Rivian’s AI Plan

EV maker Rivian just added Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez to its board. Gomez is a top AI researcher and co-author of the key paper behind today’s generative AI models. His role signals Rivian’s plan to turn AI into a core part of its products and software, including a $5.8B joint venture with Volkswagen.

Why it matters:

AI is moving from add-on to core system in EVs. This shift could cut costs, speed up development, and open new revenue from software licensing.

Insight:

Smart leaders should watch auto players become AI platform providers, not just carmakers.

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Useful Resources

  • How AI can bring new opportunities (link)

  • NVIDIA CEO on agents being the future of AI (link)

  • What you need to learn to partner with generative AI (link)

  • 4 ways AI could transform the economy as we know it (link)

  • ChatGPT-o1 vs ChatGPT-4o performance comparison (link)

  • The future of AI: The transformer and how we got there (link)

  • Build your own AI voice character app in under 40 minutes (link)

  • 5 business leaders on adopting AI and managing associated risks (link)

  • How go-to-market teams can grow with AI, according to HubSpot’s head of product (link)

  • How power-positive data centres can unlock AI’s potential while transforming communities (link)

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