Summary: Figma is deepening its commitment to India by opening a new office in Bengaluru and hiring local talent. With one of the world’s largest developer communities, India represents a vital market for Figma as it aims to expand beyond design tools and better serve developers. The company is introducing AI-powered features and improving workflows to bridge design and engineering, responding to feedback from its growing Indian user base.
Figma’s Growth and Vision in India
Founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace, Figma revolutionized design by offering a browser-based platform when most designers relied on desktop software. This collaborative tool quickly became popular among UX and product teams worldwide. Now, Figma is setting its sights on developers, aiming to transform how they create products end-to-end, and India is central to this strategy.
India’s Developer Community: A Key Opportunity
India boasts one of the largest developer communities globally, with tech giants like Microsoft recognizing its significance—GitHub alone has nearly 22 million Indian developers. Currently, about 33% of Figma’s global users are developers. However, many Indian developers still view Figma primarily as a design tool rather than a comprehensive platform for product creation.
Abhishek Mathur, Figma’s VP of Engineering, shared, “India has such a large population of developers who might not currently think of Figma as their tool, and that’s the thing that we want to do. A lot of it is being done by the community, but we want to be part of that activity as well—and share our story of enabling developers to be more than just writing code.”
New Bengaluru Office and Local Presence
On Wednesday, Figma opened a new office in Bengaluru, marking a significant step in its global expansion beyond the U.S. Previously, the company supported Indian users remotely through its Singapore team. Recognizing the growing user base and community engagement in India, Figma now aims to strengthen its local presence.
Mathur emphasized, “India has always been a global hub of innovation, and particularly, for Figma, international markets are a big part of usage.” The company already has offices in Tokyo, Singapore, London, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, and São Paulo.
Figma’s User Base and Product Innovations in India
Approximately 85% of Figma’s usage is international, with India being its second-largest user base after the U.S. As of Q3 2025, Figma serves users across 85% of India’s 28 official states. Notably, over 40% of the top 100 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange are Figma customers.
Figma’s India community, known as Friends of Figma, includes more than 25,000 members. The company has 13 million weekly active users worldwide, with India representing a significant portion.
In May, Figma introduced AI-powered features like Figma Make, which enables users to generate working web applications from natural-language prompts and collaborate on design and code within the same workspace. India has been the largest market for Figma Make, with users generating over 800,000 prototypes so far.
Additionally, Figma’s dev mode, launched in 2023 to help developers translate designs into code efficiently, is gaining traction among Indian developers.
Mathur noted, “The first spectrum of imagination to production is what we are seeing in terms of differences between India and the rest of the globe. The usage patterns are similar, but the scale of operations in some of the things is very challenging.”
Looking Ahead: Strengthening Ties with Indian Users
The Bengaluru office will initially focus on enhancing sales and marketing efforts. Figma’s Indian users include startups like CRED, Groww, Fynd, Swiggy, and Zomato, as well as IT giants Infosys and TCS, and consumer companies such as Airtel, CARS24, and Myntra.
In 2024, about half of Figma’s revenue came from markets outside the U.S., with India playing an important role. Feedback from Indian users has influenced product improvements, such as enhanced code-export options that deliver higher-quality code.
Mathur concluded, “We want to continue to do events, understand and work with our customers—small to large—and as time progresses, we might add other possibilities as well.”