🚀 Figma Goes IPO Mode

What we’ll cover today:

✨ Figma breaks free and files for IPO (secretly...but not really)

🚫 Google gets a legal smack from Japan for bullying Android vendors

📍Upcoming SaaS events to keep on your radar

💬 Quick polls to spill your hot takes

Figma is (quietly) going public 🎨📈

Figma—the design tool your product team won’t shut up about—has confidentially filed for an IPO. This comes a year after their $20B deal with Adobe collapsed faster than your weekend plans.

🚨 Breaking News:
Figma just filed confidential IPO paperwork, signaling it’s ready to hit the stock market after ditching the Adobe merger last year.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• Adobe tried buying Figma for $20B, but regulators weren’t vibing.

• Deal got canned in 2023 after antitrust pushback.

• Now Figma’s tryna go solo via IPO—super hush-hush for now.

• It’s one of the most-used design tools by startups, tech teams, and even Zoomers with Canva fatigue.

• The IPO could be one of 2025’s biggest SaaS market debuts.

✔️Straight to the Point:
Figma’s flying solo to Wall Street, and if the vibes (and valuation) are right, it could reshape SaaS IPO hype this year.

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Google vs Japan’s Monopoly Watchdog 🥷🔍

Google (the search king) just got hit with a "cease and desist" from Japan’s Antimonopoly agency for being a bit too clingy with Android deals.

🚨 Breaking News:
Japan’s watchdog told Google to stop unfairly squeezing phone makers into bundling its services—claiming it's stifling local competition.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• Japan says Google forced phone makers to pre-install its search & Chrome if they wanted Play Store access.

• That’s like saying “you can only sit at the cool kids' table if you wear my merch.”

• This violates fair competition rules, per Japan’s Fair Trade Commission.

• Google denies wrongdoing, but it’s getting similar heat from the EU and US.

• Japan wants more breathing room for homegrown apps and services.

✔️Straight to the Point:
Google’s getting grilled again for playing monopoly—this time in Japan, where regulators want to keep the tech playground fair and square.

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