# Dylan Field

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Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of Dylan Field (Co-founder & CEO, Figma) talking, from an interview on All-In published Oct 19, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder & CEO, Figma
- On X: https://x.com/zoink

## What Dylan Field said

- [AI lowers the floor, but humans still raise the ceiling](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-lowers-the-floor-but-humans-still-raise-the-ceiling/)
  All-In · Oct 19, 2026 · 8 min
  > “the ceiling has stayed the same ai is not raising the ceiling humans are raising the ceiling though” — Dylan Field · [20:41](https://realalpha.app/v/2Zj6uMv3kTA/?t=1241)
- [Figma gave employees a clear choice after the Adobe deal fell through](https://realalpha.app/s/figma-gave-employees-a-clear-choice-after-the-adobe-deal/)
  All-In · Oct 19, 2026 · 5 min
  > “please know we're going to be working very hard hustling hard and no shame like we're still on good terms if you want to leave” — Dylan Field · [11:08](https://realalpha.app/v/2Zj6uMv3kTA/?t=668)
- [Model progress does not automatically create a good product](https://realalpha.app/s/model-progress-does-not-automatically-create-a-good-product/)
  All-In · Oct 19, 2026 · 4 min
  > “I think it's easy to mistake model progress for product progress.” — Dylan Field · [15:24](https://realalpha.app/v/2Zj6uMv3kTA/?t=924)
- [Creative AI progresses slowly because its results are hard to verify](https://realalpha.app/s/creative-ai-progresses-slowly-because-its-results-are-hard/)
  All-In · Oct 19, 2026 · 5 min
  > “the fact that these are non-verifiable domains has something to do with it.” — Dylan Field · [33:35](https://realalpha.app/v/2Zj6uMv3kTA/?t=2015)
- [Use AI to learn skills rather than outsource your thinking](https://realalpha.app/s/use-ai-to-learn-skills-rather-than-outsource-your-thinking/)
  All-In · Oct 19, 2026 · 2 min
  > “use ai to further your understanding of the world to learn to do things you never would have dared to do before” — Dylan Field · [37:07](https://realalpha.app/v/2Zj6uMv3kTA/?t=2227)

## The episode

- [Dylan Field: Is AI Replacing Designers?, Design is the New Code & Democratizing Creativity](https://realalpha.app/v/2Zj6uMv3kTA/) · All-In · Oct 19, 2026