Figma's market capitalization as of the close on Friday is 59 billion and change. Adobe offered 20 billion.

Because the shares were sold to the public and now trade at three times what the absolute ceiling on their value would have been, and because everything from early options to later stage RSU equity comp structures will now convert at the full market valuation, the preference ladder and ratchets and all the other ways you can get Windsurf'd as an early employee (sometimes even a founder!) don't kick in, so the rank-and-file equity holder is rich now too.

Future founders now have another well-heeled public suitor.

If you even remotely believe in Hacker News style "tech startups make people rich and this is good" stuff, then this is a grand-slam home run win by any measure.

Maybe time to re-evaluate what you think of Lina Khan's policy agenda in light of data on the outcomes? It's of course possible there is some other data point you have in mind where it went poorly and you keep your opinion. But if that opinion was of the bland "regulation is bad for tech startup people trying to get rich" variety, seems maybe time for a re-think?