June 23, 2026

We Rated Figma Config 2026 Before Going

12 minutes

💡 Key Topics:

Figma's July IPO and the pivot to positioning itself as an AI company, right down to the software description

The claim that ~80% of Config talks are now AI, and whether that's a good or exhausting thing

What going public adds to the program: a new investor and analyst session

Why 3Blue1Brown, a math channel, is speaking at a design conference

Last year's product slate (Figma Make, Figma Buzz) and where those tools actually landed

Why Figma's AI feels painfully slow, and why some people are leaving for faster platforms

The talks that actually stuck: sentient car-factory robots, Nicole McLaughlin's upcycled fashion, the mouth-roof accessibility device

The Weavy acquisition and what node-based generative tooling adds to Figma

Anthropic on the Config lineup, and the design-tool overlap (they run on Webflow too)

The real question: with the IPO and the AI rebrand, is Config still worth the trip?

📖 Chapters:

0:06 — Heading to Config (and forgetting to pack)

0:31 — What Config is, and why the IPO changes it

1:47 — The big theme: AI, AI, AI

2:00 — Is Figma an AI company now?

2:56 — The new investor and analyst session

3:34 — Last year's drops: Make, Buzz, and the rest

4:00 — Why Figma's AI feels painfully slow

4:46 — AI fatigue vs. hoping for real use cases

5:42 — The talks they still remember: robots and upcycled fashion

6:12 — Hardware, accessibility, and Config as a tech conference

6:53 — Content and community-building talks

8:03 — Why Config matters for a B2B design shop

8:45 — The Weavy acquisition

9:28 — Anthropic at Config (and why they're on Webflow)

10:43 — Rating the conference before they go

11:46 — The verdict: a six and a seven

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