Month-by-month feed of what shifted, who was hiring, and how Starter, Scaler, and Titan teams actually worked.
49 synthesized monthsin the data layer. Stage breakdowns (Starter / Scaler / Titan) are available for 2026 only — earlier months show under the All segment but won’t appear under stage filters until the design-context pipeline runs further back.
Viewing future quarters under the Agents Skip Designers worldview. For companies under 20 people, a designer never gets hired. Founders prompt agents directly, ship fast enough, and the work is good enough. The designer's role at the small end of the market disappears entirely.
One generalist, one retainer, full stack
Figma → Midjourney → Framer
Vibe-coding eats the handoff — this role ships design and implementation in the same sitting.
First real team, first real system fight
Figma → v0 → Runway
AI-generated components are arriving from non-designers — someone has to decide what ships and what doesn't.
Design org as editorial board, not factory
Figma → Runway → Adobe Creative Cloud
Synthesis beats execution at enterprise scale — this role turns a flood of AI output into a coherent brand position.