What AI is really doing to designers? Inside Figma's Keynote in San Francisco

Épisode de Clef de voûte par Timothé Frin | Stellar · 7 septembre 2026 · 21 min

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8 months ago, OpenAI invited me to San Francisco to shoot a first documentary on how Silicon Valley startups use AI to build their products.

This time, Figma invited my Co-Founder David and me.

So we spent 3 days at Config, Figma's yearly gathering in San Francisco. 10,000+ designers from the biggest tech companies came to see what's next.

Our question, the same as last time but more focused: what is AI really doing to the designer's job?

Over 1 week, we interviewed more than 30 designers from very different companies, right on the floor of Config.

We also had the chance to interview the VP Product and the VP Design at Figma.

We attended the keynote from Dylan Field, Figma's CEO and watched Figma announce Code Layers, a launch that redraws the line between design and code.

What we're bringing back: some designers are more excited than ever.

Others are clearly worried.

No one gives the same answer to the same question.

A few of the topics we dig into:

How designers are actually experiencing the AI shift

What Figma is preparing next with Code Layers

Where the real value of a designer sits now

What AI can never take from a designer (and why nobody agrees)

How to design products for AI agents

Enjoy.

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[00:00] Introduction : Back to SF

[01:38] Arriving at Config

[02:40] The Figma keynote and Code Layers

[05:57] What AI is really changing for designers

[07:32] When the design/code wall comes down

[10:04] When the lines between roles blur

[13:26] What AI can never take from a designer

[18:36] What we're bringing back from San Francisco

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Apprentissages, méthodes, outils et conseils pour faire décoller ton Produit. Je suis Timothé Frin, cofondateur de Stellar (https://www.wearestellar.io/). Ma mission : aider les startups à créer les produits tech de demain. Clef de voûte, c'est le podcast Product pour celles et ceux qui bâtissent…

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