Figma acquires AI-powered media technology firm Weavy | TechCrunch

Design platform Figma stated at present that it has acquired AI-powered picture and video technology firm Weavy. The startup will be part of Figma below a brand new model referred to as Figma Weave.

Figma stated that 20 folks from Weavy will be part of the corporate, however didn’t disclose the valuation of the deal. The Tel Aviv-based startup was based in 2024 and raised $4 million in a seed spherical in June led by Entrée Capital, with participation from Designer Fund, Founder Collective, and Fiverr founder Micha Kaufman.

Figma stated that Weavy will exist as a standalone product for now and that, sooner or later, will probably be built-in with the Figma Weave model, together with the remainder of the Figma platform.

Weavy’s internet instruments allow customers to mix completely different AI fashions and supply customers professional modifying instruments to create high-quality photos and movies to be used in product mockups or model styling. Customers can edit these media generations with layer edits, modify lighting, change colours, and angles by prompts to acheive the ultimate end result they need.

Customers begin with a component like a immediate for a picture technology on an infinite canvas, have a look at outcomes from completely different fashions, choose one picture, and add one other immediate for video technology, and have a look at completely different outcomes produced by numerous fashions. At any level, customers can use the edit instruments to alter the look of a video. Designers can even mix a number of prompts and fashions to get to the output they need.

The startup affords completely different fashions akin to Seedance, Sora, and Veo for video, and Flux, Ideogram, Nano-Banana, and Seedream for picture technology.

“This node-based approach brings a new level of craft and control to AI generation. Outputs can be branched, remixed, and refined, combining creative exploration with iteration and craft. The Weavy team has inspired us with the balance they’ve struck between simplicity, approachability, and power. They’ve also created a tool that’s just a joy to use,” Figma CEO Dylan Area stated in a press release.

AI-powered design platforms are in demand to create media technology and design workflow capabilities. Earlier this month, AI search platform Perplexity acquired the staff behind the Sequoia-backed design platform Visible Electrical. In April, Krea introduced that it had raised $83 million throughout numerous rounds from corporations like Bain Capital, a16z, and Summary Ventures.