Luminar Technologies vs Figma
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Lidar pioneer for autonomous vehicles. Filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy Dec 2025 after Volvo contract loss. Assets acquired by MicroVision for $33M. NASDAQ: LAZR (delisted).
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Luminar Technologies was founded in 2012 by Austin Russell (age 17) in Orlando, Florida. Went public via SPAC (December 2020, NASDAQ: LAZR). Flagship Iris lidar sensor provided long-range 3D perception for highway autonomy. Partnerships with Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and other automakers.
Dominant browser-based collaborative UI design platform at ~$600M ARR and $12.5B valuation; Adobe's $20B acquisition blocked by regulators in 2023, Figma remains independent competing with Sketch and Adobe.
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Figma is a San Francisco-based collaborative web-based product design platform that has become the dominant tool for UI/UX designers and product teams — enabling real-time multi-user collaboration on interface design, prototyping, and design system management directly in the browser without installing desktop software. Founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace and backed by Sequoia, Greylock, and Andreessen Horowitz with over $330 million raised, Figma generated approximately $600 million in ARR in 2023, serving 4 million+ designers and product teams at companies including Microsoft, Airbnb, Twitter, and Uber. Adobe announced a $20 billion acquisition offer in 2022, which was blocked by regulators in 2023 — Figma remains independent.
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