Which startup was founded by Dylan Field?

Dylan Field co-founded Figma, the collaborative browser-based design platform, with Evan Wallace.

Field and Wallace met while studying computer science at Brown University and began working on the company in 2012. Their original ambition was broader than interface design: they explored ideas involving drones, 3D content, photo editing, and object segmentation before focusing on a web-based graphics editor. Field received a Thiel Fellowship in 2012 and took a leave from college to pursue the startup full time.

Figma’s invite-only preview began in 2015, and its first public release arrived in 2016. Its browser-first model made real-time collaboration central to product design, helping distinguish it from desktop-oriented tools such as Sketch. Field is often described as Figma’s founder because he was its chief executive and public face, but Wallace was also a co-founder. Zeplin and InVision are related design-workflow products, not the startup founded by Field. Adobe announced a proposed acquisition in 2022, but regulators ultimately prevented the deal.