Month-by-month feed of what shifted, who was hiring, and how Starter, Scaler, and Titan teams actually worked.
44 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.
Vibe-code the brand, own the judgment layer
Figma → Midjourney → v0
At seed stage, the designer who can prompt-to-production without a handoff compresses the roadmap by weeks and owns both taste and velocity.
First design system, first real governance debate
Figma → Figma Make → Notion
At Series A–C velocity, a coherent design system is the only thing preventing AI-accelerated teams from producing inconsistent product experiences at scale.
Design-system AI gets enterprise governance
Runway → Adobe Firefly → Figma
At Titan scale, the synthesis of strategy, narrative, and system-level coherence beats execution speed — AI handles production, humans set the story.