Anthropic launches Claude Design, a Figma and Canva rival built on Claude
The New Stack • • business
Key Points:
- Anthropic Labs has launched Claude Design, a new AI-powered service in research preview that generates polished design systems, website prototypes, interactive websites, slide decks, and one-pagers, aiming to reduce reliance on traditional design tools like Canva or Figma.
- The service allows users to input codebases and design files to create initial design systems, with options to approve or request changes and fine-tune elements through comments, direct edits, and real-time sliders.
- Claude Design operates with a token-based usage model, imposing weekly limits on paid plans, and users may incur pay-as-you-go costs if they exceed their allotment, especially when creating highly detailed designs.
- Finished designs can be exported as PDFs, PowerPoint slides, standalone HTML files, or sent to Canva for further editing, with plans to improve integrations and team collaboration features in the future.
- The launch coincided with the resignation of Anthropic’s chief product officer from Figma’s board and a further decline in Figma’s stock price, highlighting potential market impacts of Claude Design’s introduction.
