Adobe Gives Up on Web-Design Product to Rival Figma After Deal Collapse
- “No plans to further invest” in XD program, company says
- Future product design features will be through partnerships
The deal to purchase Figma fell apart under regulatory pressure in December \.
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Adobe Inc. will end its effort to create a web design product to rival Figma Inc. after the collapse of its proposed $20 billion acquisition of the startup.
When it agreed to buy Figma, which helps users design app and website interfaces, Adobe put its competing program XD in “maintenance mode,” ceasing to launch new features or sell it individually. The deal to purchase Figma fell apart under regulatory pressure in December and the creative software giant hadn’t announced whether it would resurrect XD or attempt to build another competitor.