Figma has acquired the team behind Bud (formerly Orchids), a Y Combinator-backed vibe-coding and AI agent platform, as it seeks to expand beyond design and move coding and prototyping closer to its core canvas. The move matters because it signals Figma's ambition to become a broader product-building tool, letting teams turn ideas into working apps rather than just static concepts.

The startup originally let users quickly spin up apps for mobile, web, Slack and browsers, before rebranding as Bud, an agent that can access services, browse the web and write code. Both Bud and Orchids will shut down by 18 July, requiring users to migrate their projects, and the BBC had earlier reported security concerns about apps built on Orchids. Figma did not detail its plans for the team, though recent launches such as Figma Make and integrations with Codex and Claude Code suggest a growing focus on app-building.