Figma sued for allegedly misusing customer data for AI training

Design software company Figma was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court on Friday for allegedly misusing its customers’ designs to train artificial intelligence models.

The lawsuit said the company used its customers’ data and intellectual property without permission to train its generative AI tools, which according to the complaint led to San Francisco-based Figma’s “sky-high valuation” in a $1.2 billion initial public offering earlier this year.