{"id":45615,"date":"2025-10-17T22:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=45615"},"modified":"2025-10-17T22:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:56:04","slug":"were-hiring-in-response-to-ai-not-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=45615","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Hiring in Response to AI, Not Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Dylan Field is the CEO of Figma, a $28 billion collaborative design startup that went public earlier this year.<\/li>\n<li>Field said that rather than cutting jobs because of AI, Figma is growing its team and adding new positions.<\/li>\n<li>Figma is hiring for 158 open positions in the U.S. at the time of writing, including an opening for a software engineer of AI infrastructure. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Industry leaders, including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, have recently predicted that AI will soon take over most white-collar jobs \u2014 but one tech CEO says they\u2019re hiring instead.<\/p>\n<p>On an episode of \u201cLenny\u2019s Podcast\u201d that aired on Thursday, Figma CEO Dylan Field, 33, says that rather than cutting jobs because of AI, Figma is actually growing its team. In every conversation, Field is \u201casking about AI efficiency\u201d and trying to determine what internal tools Figma can build to make itself more efficient. At the end of the day, AI presents an opportunity for the company \u201cto grow,\u201d not to cut back, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going through the whole planning process on headcount right now,\u201d Field said on the podcast. \u201cFor the most part, across the company, we\u2019re adding roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b>AI Could Cause 99% of All Workers to Be Unemployed in the Next Five Years, Says Computer Science Professor<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn shows that Figma is advertising for 158 open positions in the U.S. as of press time, including openings for a software engineer of AI infrastructure and a core product strategy researcher. The company has a 1,600-person workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Field also said on the podcast that AI is \u201cnot coming\u201d for anyone\u2019s job and workers should focus on how they will \u201cadapt\u201d to the technology instead of worrying about mass firings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figma CEO Dylan Field outside of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on July 31. Photographer: Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s pretty encouraging, actually, that folks understand viscerally that this is not coming for you,\u201d Field said on an episode of \u201cLenny\u2019s Podcast\u201d that aired on Thursday. \u201cI think that the next thing will be, as tools improve, as models improve, how do you improve and adapt?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Field founded Figma, a tech company that focuses on real-time collaboration in design, in 2012. The company went public earlier this year, debuting on the New York Stock Exchange. Figma has a market capitalization of over $28 billion at the time of writing, with more than 13 million monthly users.<\/p>\n<p>In Figma\u2019s recent survey of over a thousand designers, product managers, researchers, and other roles, nearly 60% of respondents in product-focused positions reported spending more time on high-value work due to AI, and almost 70% said the technology made them more productive.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b>These Fields Are Losing the Most Entry-Level Jobs to AI, According to a New Stanford Study<\/p>\n<p>Only 17% of designers viewed AI as a threat to their jobs, the survey found. The remaining majority, 83%, either did not see AI as threatening or saw it as benefiting their workflow and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can either see AI as an opportunity for your company to grow and do more, or you can look at it as a cost-cutting efficiency, but I think the growth part is way more exciting,\u201d Field said on the podcast. \u201cIt\u2019ll be interesting to see how people adapt and grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Figma announced financial results for its second quarter ending June 30, reporting \u201crecord revenue\u201d of $249.6 million, a 41% year-over-year increase. The company will announce its third-quarter financial results on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> AI Is Going to \u2018Replace Everybody\u2019 in Several Fields, According to the \u2018Godfather of AI.\u2019 Here\u2019s Who He Says Should Be \u2018Terrified.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Dylan Field is the CEO of Figma, a $28 billion collaborative design startup that went public earlier this year.<\/li>\n<li>Field said that rather than cutting jobs because of AI, Figma is growing its team and adding new positions.<\/li>\n<li>Figma is hiring for 158 open positions in the U.S. at the time of writing, including an opening for a software engineer of AI infrastructure. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Industry leaders, including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, have recently predicted that AI will soon take over most white-collar jobs \u2014 but one tech CEO says they\u2019re hiring instead.<\/p>\n<p>On an episode of \u201cLenny\u2019s Podcast\u201d that aired on Thursday, Figma CEO Dylan Field, 33, says that rather than cutting jobs because of AI, Figma is actually growing its team. In every conversation, Field is \u201casking about AI efficiency\u201d and trying to determine what internal tools Figma can build to make itself more efficient. At the end of the day, AI presents an opportunity for the company \u201cto grow,\u201d not to cut back, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going through the whole planning process on headcount right now,\u201d Field said on the podcast. \u201cFor the most part, across the company, we\u2019re adding roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"tw:justify-center tw:bg-gray-100 tw:flex tw:flex-col tw:sm:flex-row tw:rounded-lg tw:p-6 tw:align-middle tw:sm:text-left tw:text-center\">\n<div class=\"tw:flex tw:flex-col tw:justify-center tw:align-middle tw:mr-0 tw:sm:mr-16\">\n<p class=\"tw:text-sm tw:leading-5 tw:my-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe rest of this article is locked.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw:text-xl tw:text-black tw:font-bold tw:leading-5 tw:my-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin Entrepreneur<span class=\"tw:text-yellow-300\">+<\/span> today for access.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/figma-ceo-were-hiring-in-response-to-ai-not-cutting\/498505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Dylan Field is the CEO of Figma, a $28 billion collaborative design startup that went public earlier this year. Field said that rather than cutting jobs because of AI, Figma is growing its team and adding new positions. Figma is hiring for 158 open positions in the U.S. at the time of writing,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[32],"class_list":{"0":"post-45615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-investing","8":"tag-featured"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We&#039;re Hiring in Response to AI, Not Cutting | iSafeSpend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Key Takeaways Dylan Field is the CEO of Figma, a $28 billion collaborative design startup that went public earlier this year. 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