Figma, the design software company is accused of training AI models on user designs without permission in a California class action suit.
Protesters filed a putative class action against design platform Figma in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Nov. 21, 2025. The company secretly took users’ intellectual property, including design files, layer properties and text and images, to feed its AI tools, the complaint alleges.
Unlike the majority of AI training suits that focus on copyright infringement, however, this one accuses Figma of misappropriating its customer’s trade secrets and accessing their data without consent. The plaintiffs are asking for unspecified damages and a permanent injunction against Figma from using any AI models that infringe on their rights.
Figma has denied the allegations. Figma does not use customer data to train its models without permission and strips identifying information for privacy, a company spokesman said.
The litigation adds to a mounting legal pushback against how technology companies collect customer data for the purpose of developing AI. Figma has large customers, including Alphabet, Microsoft and Netflix, all of which are going to want assurances around data security for enterprise sales.
Figma’s alleged exploitation of that data had the effect of inflating the value of the company, amid a $1.2 billion initial public offering earlier this year, according to the lawsuit.
