CROSS-CATEGORY: Design Tools Split Into Winners and Losers in Same Week — Adobe +3.8% (Embedded Claude) vs Figma -7.3% (Competed Against Claude)

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The design tool category produced a natural experiment in AI strategy in one week: Adobe embedded Claude into Creative Cloud as Firefly AI Assistant (stock +3.8% on April 15), while Figma saw shares plunge 7.3% when Anthropic launched the competing Claude Design tool (April 17). Incumbents that treat AI labs as infrastructure partners gain; those positioned as competitors to AI labs get cannibalized. This split maps directly onto the broader SaaS question: embed AI or get replaced by it.