On August 18, Figma rose 5.2% in regular trading, trading at $26.11/share, with turnover of $103 million. The stock's advance was driven by a broad rally across AI application software names that bucked the broader market weakness.

On the news front, the AI application software sector collectively surged, with Duolingo up nearly 6%, Asana and Intuit up over 4%, and Adobe, Atlassian, and Twilio each gaining approximately 3%, demonstrating significant sector linkage. Market funds continued rotating from hardware infrastructure toward application-layer plays as AI commercial monetization narratives gained traction.

Figma had previously plunged over 17% following its Q2 earnings report on August 6, after heavy AI investment spending widened GAAP operating losses to $117 million and compressed free cash flow margins from 24% to 14% year-over-year, despite revenue surging 48% to $370.1 million and beating consensus estimates. The current move represents a technical recovery from that post-earnings selloff as broader sector sentiment improves.

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