"Vibe coding has come to Washington. Figma's AI prototyping tool Figma Make is now available to its Figma for Government users, letting government product managers and designers build and iterate on prototypes and apps with a prompt. The development comes as federal agencies face a looming-and possibly impossible-deadline. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in August that established a National Design Studio and an initiative to improve government services by Independence Day next year, but government cuts mean there are fewer federal workers to get the job done."
"The hope is that Figma Make will cut the production time of prototypes from weeks to hours, as federal teams will be able to use vibe coding, or letting an AI application make code for them, to iterate faster on mockup elements like a website user flow. Figma received FedRAMP authorization earlier this year, a clearance that gives its software a stamp of approval for use across the U.S. government. Already, the San Francisco-based design software company says it has more than 100 federal, regional, and local government agencies around the world as customers, including several U.S. federal government agencies, though they declined to name them."
Figma Make is available to Figma for Government users, allowing product managers and designers to build and iterate prototypes and apps using prompts. Federal agencies face a tight Independence Day deadline after an executive order establishing a National Design Studio, while staffing cuts reduce available personnel. The government digital footprint includes more than 10,000 websites serving over 400 million users annually. Figma Make aims to shorten prototype production from weeks to hours by generating code through vibe coding for mockup elements and user flows. Figma obtained FedRAMP authorization and reports over 100 government customers. The company reported 38% year-over-year growth to $274 million, and CEO Dylan Field said about 30% of its largest customers use Figma Make weekly.
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