Adobe XD put on life support ahead of Figma acquisition. Adobe’s UX / UI design platform has vanished from the Creative Cloud launcher and can no longer be purchased as a standalone app.

Before acquiring Figma, Adobe had a similar product, Adobe XD, that failed to take off. Chief product officer Scott Belsky said they got it wrong by building it as a desktop-native product.

Adobe has announced that it is begun what it calls a "definitive merger agreement to acquire Figma," for approximately $20 billion in stock and cash. The creators of the 10-year-old Figma will ...

Figma still gets a $1 billion consolation prize as part of the deal, and as the leader in collaborative design, the company should land on its feet just fine. ... XD, wasn’t nearly as strong.

It’s all over for Adobe XD. After losing out in its $20bn bid for Figma, the firm is conceding defeat in the UI design arena - for now, at least. It might look like Adobe taking back its ball ...

Adobe XD Vs Figma. The acquisition was also done because of the increasing competition faced by Adobe XD, which is part of the Creative Cloud segment, and to this effect, ...

Highly doubt Adobe will close Figma so that Adobe XD goes well, they don't really care much about Adobe XD. They wanted Figma for its on-the-web and collaborative capabilities.