Figma is continuing to develop product boundaries from design tools to codes and prototypes. The latest action is to acquire the team behind the AI programming and proxy platform Bud to further strengthen its layout on the generation AI and application of the builder tool.

The Chief Executive Officer of Bud, Kevin Lu, stated on social platforms that Figma was one of the most representative product companies at present, suitable for taking on this new generation of working methods. Figma did not disclose the amount of the transaction nor did it indicate the form in which the team would be integrated into the existing product line.

Bud and Orchids will cease service.

The start-up company, supported by Y Combinator, first operated in the name of Orchids, where it created "vibe coding" applications, which users quickly created in the context of moving-ends, web pages, Slack and browsers. Since then, the company has changed its name to Bud and moved to the AI proxy platform, with emphasis on calling external services, web browsing and auto-writing codes.

Under the trading arrangement, both Bud and Orchids will cease service on 18 July, and current users will need to relocate the project before that date.

  • Bud and Orchids will close on July 18th.
  • User needs to complete the project migration before closing

Figma continues to develop capacity.

Figma did not specify the direction of product integration after acquisition, but its actions in the last year have shown a clear path: Instead of just static design and creative collaboration, there is a desire to bring build, test and prototype development capacity closer to the same workflow.

Last year, Figma launched Figma Make to create a web application. This year, tools such as Codex, Claude Code were accessed and their own agency was released. These updates indicate that Figma is trying to further transform the design canvas into a direct and iterative entry.

Early product exposure to safety.

It is noteworthy that earlier this year the BBC quoted a security researcher as saying that the application created by Orchids had been vulnerable to cyber attacks. The report did not show that the issue was directly related to the acquisition, but this was a public record of the team ' s previous product experience.

This acquisition is more like a capacity-building exercise. For Figma, the key is not just to add AI, but to put design, prototype and code generation more closely into the same product system.