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Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex

8:32 PM IST · February 26, 2026

Figma is integrating OpenAI’s AI coding tool, Codex, to let users create and tweak designs from within their coding environments. The move comes a week after the design companystrucka similar partnership with Anthropic to integrate Claude Code. This integration lets users start working with a design in Figma or code in Codex, and move between the two platforms easily using Figma’s MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. Previously, users could bring details from Figma design files, Figma Make, or FigJam into Codex for code-based implementation. “With this integration, teams can build on their best ideas—not just their first idea—by combining the best of code with the creativity, collaboration, and craft that comes with Figma’s infinite canvas,” Loredan Crisan, Figma’s chief design officer, said. Loading the player… “The integration makes Codex powerful for a much broader range of builders and businesses because it doesn’t assume you’re ‘a designer’ or ‘an engineer’ first. Engineers can iterate visually without leaving their flow, and designers can work closer to real implementation without becoming full-time coders,” Codex product lead Alexander Embiricos said in a statement. OpenAI first launchedCodex as a command-line coding assistantlast year to compete with Anthropic’s much lauded Claude Code. Later, the company builtthe coding tool into ChatGPT, and earlier this month launcheda dedicated MacOS app for Codex. The MacOS app was downloadeda million times within the first weekof release. The company also releasedtwonewCodex models just days afterwards. OpenAI said that overa million users are using Codex weekly. Figma has been a prominent partner for OpenAI, and it wasone of the first companies to launch an appin ChatGPT in October 2025.