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Figma is getting crushed in its post-IPO earnings debut; CEO Dylan Field is focused on AI’s long-term power to ‘raise the ceiling’

In an interview with Fortune, the cofounder and chief executive of the newly public Figma discussed the increasingly interconnected future of design and AI.

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Waymo experimenting with a generative AI frontier model, but exec says LiDAR and radar sensors important to self-driving safety ‘under all conditions’
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Harvard researcher unearths data airlines don’t want you to notice: Three-hour flight delays are 4x more common now than 30 years ago
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Tech industry insiders share their picks for the next startups who will ride the IPO wave after Figma’s blockbuster debut
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Inside the rise of Whatnot, the wildly-entertaining, FOMO-inducing, $5 billion shopping app you’ve never heard of
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By Dan Wallace-BrewsterApril 18, 2022
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By Nicole Gull McElroyApril 12, 2022
Airtable Chief Product Officer Andrew Ofstad
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By Nicole Gull McElroyMarch 29, 2022
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By Jack Gillum, Jeff Stone and BloombergMarch 24, 2022
NOBULL co-founders Marcus Wilson (left) and Michael Schaeffer (right) in their store in Boston.
NewslettersThe duo behind CrossFit’s favorite athletic brand has a unique design approach—no BS—and it’s paying off
By Nicole Gull McElroyMarch 15, 2022
LeadershipIDEO’s CEO is applying design thinking to find balance in the pandemic era
By Fortune EditorsMarch 9, 2022
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By Paula ReesMarch 8, 2022
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By Nicole Gull McElroyMarch 1, 2022
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By Bernhard WarnerMarch 1, 2022
Bracken Darrell attends the Logitech And Visionary Choreographer JaQuel Knight Drive Change For BIPOC Creators Through Copyright Protection And New Film on July 28, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
TechMouse- and keyboard-maker Logitech was dying a slow death. A design-focused CEO helped it thrive
By Vivek Wadhwa, Ismail Amla and Alex SalkeverFebruary 15, 2022
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By Carmen BusquetsJanuary 19, 2022
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Design ThinkingAs cars become smartphones, Big Auto turns to handset chipmaker to survive
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 7, 2022
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By Andreas WidmerDecember 31, 2021
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By Bayard WinthropDecember 22, 2021
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By Lawrence DotsonNovember 26, 2021
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By Suzanne Marie MushoNovember 22, 2021
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