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Mike Krieger Resigns from Figma Board on April 14 — Three Days Before Claude Design Ships
Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger quietly resigned from Figma's board on April 14, the same day The Information reported Anthropic's upcoming design tool. Three days later, Claude Design launched as a direct Figma competitor. Krieger co-founded Instagram and joined Anthropic as CPO; his board departure signals Anthropic wasn't building around Figma's ecosystem but against it. For builders: when a board member at your platform's biggest AI partner resigns and ships a competitor 72 hours later, the partnership era is over.
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