Figma Ships AI Design Agent Beta: Natural Language Canvas Editing with Multi-Agent Parallel Execution

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Figma began rolling out an AI design agent in beta on May 20, embedding a natural language tool directly into the Design canvas — clicking any app screen reveals a star icon for AI-driven adjustments. Users can fire up multiple agents simultaneously for parallel design tasks, powered by AI models fine-tuned specifically for design contexts. Available to Professional, Organization, and Enterprise plans during beta at no credit cost, with planned expansion to other Figma products. Over 1 million Custom Agents have already been built by teams for tasks from Slack Q&A to automated reporting.