Figma and Google Collaborate to Integrate Gemini AI
Figma has announced a strategic partnership with Google to integrate Gemini AI models into its design platform, enhancing its AI-driven design capabilities.
The collaboration introduces Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.0, and Imagen 4 to Figma’s creative suite, providing product designers and developers with advanced image generation and editing features. According to Figma, this move aims to meet the 'evolving needs' of design teams and improve workflow efficiency for its 13 million monthly active users.
Gemini 2.5 Flash will specifically power Figma’s AI image generation process, enabling users to create and edit visuals using simple text prompts. Early tests indicated a 50% reduction in latency for Figma’s Make Image feature, suggesting a faster and smoother user experience.
This partnership represents another significant step in the competition among leading AI developers to integrate their models into widely used platforms. Earlier this week, OpenAI introduced app integrations within ChatGPT, allowing users to interact with services like Spotify, Canva, Booking.com, Coursera, and Figma itself, indicating that Figma’s new deal with Google is not exclusive.
The announcement coincides with Google’s unveiling of Gemini Enterprise, a conversational AI platform designed to integrate generative AI into business workflows. This solution enables enterprise customers to interact with company data, applications, and documents, or build and deploy AI agents for custom use cases.
Google noted that 65% of Google Cloud customers already use its AI tools, positioning the company’s ecosystem as one of the most integrated in enterprise AI. Alongside Figma, new partners include GAP, Klarna, Mercedes, Virgin Voyages, and Deutsche Telekom, among others.
As AI adoption accelerates across industries, collaborations like Figma’s partnership with Google highlight a broader shift where design, creativity, and productivity increasingly converge under the influence of advanced generative models.