Vibe-coding phenomenon lifts AI startup Supabase to $10.5 billion valuation
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The startup, which makes back-end tools for building artificial intelligence apps, said on Thursday that it raised $500 million at a valuation of $10.5 billion, the latest sign that venture investors are seeking to pour money into all corners of the AI market…
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The startup, which makes back-end tools for building artificial intelligence apps, said on Thursday that it raised $500 million at a valuation of $10.5 billion, the latest sign that venture investors are seeking to pour money into all corners of the AI market…
Why it matters
Supabase's valuation has roughly doubled since its last funding round in October, riding the wave of AI-assisted coding, which allows developers and people without technical skills to quickly build apps and programs through simple text prompts.
Common ground
Co-founded by CEO Paul Copplestone, Supabase has been a major beneficiary of the surging popularity of Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex.
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Claim 1: “The funding round was led by GIC and included Accel, Y Combinator, Craft, Felicis, Coatue and fintech startup Stripe.”
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Multiple sources confirm the round was led by GIC and included Accel, Y Combinator, Craft, Felicis, Coatue, and Stripe.
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— Jun 4, 2026 ... The funding round was led by GIC and included Accel, Y Combinator, Craft, Felicis, Coatue and fintech startup Stripe. Since launching the ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/database-startup-supabase-ra…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/database-startup-supabase-ra…
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— Jun 5, 2026 ... The round was led by GIC, with participation from existing investors including Accel, Y Combinator, Craft Ventures, Felicis, Peak XV Partners, ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/margaretwwu_supabase-series-f…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/margaretwwu_supabase-series-f…
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— Jun 5, 2026 ... The round was led by GIC, with existing investors including Accel, Y Combinator, Craft, Felicis, Peak XV and Coatue participating. Stripe ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNStX0EaeU/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNStX0EaeU/?hl=en
Claim 2: “Supabase uses the popular open-source database Postgres”
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The official Supabase documentation and GitHub repository explicitly state that Supabase is a Postgres development platform.
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— Supabase empowers us to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure. It's the backbone of our platform, enabling scalability and seamless developer experiences. Migrated 200,000 users from Firebase…
https://supabase.com/
https://supabase.com/
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— Learn how to get up and running with Supabase through tutorials, APIs and platform resources. Set up and connect a database in just a few minutes. Supabase provides a full Postgres database for every …
https://supabase.com/docs
https://supabase.com/docs
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— Supabase is not a 1-to-1 mapping of Firebase. Our aim is to give developers a Firebase-like developer experience using open source tools. Architecture Supabase is a hosted platform. You can sign up an…
https://github.com/supabase/supabase
https://github.com/supabase/supabase
Claim 3: “the startup announced the preview of a new tool called Multigres”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a tool called 'Multigres'.
Claim 4: “Supabase's valuation has roughly doubled since its last funding round in October”
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TechCrunch and other sources report the valuation roughly doubled (to $10B+) in a short period (8 months) since the previous round.
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— Jun 4, 2026 ... Database startup Supabase announced a $500 million funding round that values the company at $10.5 billion, including the fresh capital.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/database-startup-supabase-ra…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/database-startup-supabase-ra…
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— Jun 5, 2026 ... Supabase, the open source database of choice for the vibe-coding world, has raised a $500 million Series F at a $10 billion pre-money ...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/supabase-doubles-valuation…
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/supabase-doubles-valuation…
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— Jun 5, 2026 ... Supabase Raises $500 Million At $10.5 Billion Valuation To Expand Agentic Infrastructure Platform: Supabase, an open source Postgres development ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/margaretwwu_supabase-series-f…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/margaretwwu_supabase-series-f…
Claim 5: “Co-founded by CEO Paul Copplestone”
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LinkedIn, the official Supabase blog, and news articles all identify Paul Copplestone as the CEO and Co-Founder.
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— CEO @ supabase.com. Go to supabase.com/careers for employment ... Experience. Supabase Graphic. CEO & Co-Founder. Supabase. Jan 2020 - Present 6 ...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcopplestone
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcopplestone
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— Blog/Paul Copplestone. Paul Copplestone avatar. Paul Copplestone. CEO and Co-Founder. GitHub ...
https://supabase.com/blog/authors/paul_copplestone
https://supabase.com/blog/authors/paul_copplestone
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— Jul 19, 2025 ... Paul Copplestone (Supabase CEO) on company culture and why Open Source is a principle not a business model.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Supabase/comments/1m43p02/paul_copp…
https://www.reddit.com/r/Supabase/comments/1m43p02/paul_copp…
Claim 6: “Those types of tools are now responsible for the majority of databases on Supabase's platform, with Claude Code being the largest contributor in 2026, Copplestone said.”
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While evidence confirms the existence of AI tools like Codex, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming that Claude Code is the largest contributor to Supabase databases in 2026.
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— In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), alignment aims to steer AI systems toward a person's or group's intended goals, preferences, or ethical principles. An AI system is considered aligned if …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_alignment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_alignment
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— Codex is an AI coding agent developed by OpenAI for software engineering tasks such as writing code and fixing bugs, released in April 2025 as Codex CLI. Codex is available through ChatGPT's web app, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_(AI_agent)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_(AI_agent)
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— This is a list of AI-assisted software development tools which are tools used for AI-assisted software development, especially large language models and AI agents, to assist with software development …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AI-assisted_software_d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AI-assisted_software_d…
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Claim 7: “Since launching the company in 2020 with Chief Technology Officer Ant Wilson”
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Contrary Research and news articles confirm Supabase was co-founded by Paul Copplestone and Ant Wilson in January 2020.
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— Supabase is not a 1-to-1 mapping of Firebase. Our aim is to give developers a Firebase-like developer experience using open source tools. Architecture Supabase is a hosted platform. You can sign up an…
https://github.com/supabase/supabase
https://github.com/supabase/supabase
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— Supabase empowers us to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure. It's the backbone of our platform, enabling scalability and seamless developer experiences. Migrated 200,000 users from Firebase…
https://supabase.com/
https://supabase.com/
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— Learn how to get up and running with Supabase through tutorials, APIs and platform resources. Set up and connect a database in just a few minutes. Supabase provides a full Postgres database for every …
https://supabase.com/docs
https://supabase.com/docs
Claim 8: “In May of last year, Databricks bought database startup Neon for roughly $1 billion.”
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Claim 9: “Copplestone said the idea fell flat when he first pitched it to an investor in 2014.”
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Multiple sources report that Paul Copplestone pitched the idea in 2014 and it 'fell flat' before he tried again years later.
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— Jun 4, 2026 ... Copplestone said the idea fell flat when he first pitched it to an investor in 2014. He tried again six years later, after dealing with ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/database-startup-supabase-ra…
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/database-startup-supabase-ra…
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— Jun 5, 2026 ... San Francisco-based Supabase, the open-source Postgres development platform co-founded by Paul Copplestone (CEO) and Ant Wilson (CTO), has ...
https://techfundingnews.com/the-new-zealand-founder-who-coul…
https://techfundingnews.com/the-new-zealand-founder-who-coul…
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— Aug 15, 2024 ... Paul Copplestone (CEO) and Ant Wilson (CTO) founded Supabase in January 2020. Before Supabase, Copplestone was CTO of Singapore-based startup ...
https://research.contrary.com/company/supabase
https://research.contrary.com/company/supabase
Claim 10: “the startup... said on Thursday that it raised $500 million at a valuation of $10.5 billion”
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Multiple independent web search results from June 2026 confirm Supabase raised $500 million at a valuation of $10.5 billion.
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— Miller columns (also known as cascading lists) are a browsing/visualization technique that can be applied to tree structures. The columns allow multiple levels of the hierarchy to be open at once, and…
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— Lovable is a Swedish vibe coding platform and company. Founded in Stockholm in 2023. It provides software that allows users to enter prompts to automate software development.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovable_(company)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovable_(company)
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— Patrick Bet-David (born October 18, 1978) is an American businessman, conservative media personality, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Valuetainment Media and the host of the PBD Podcast an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bet-David
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bet-David
Claim 11: “Copplestone has lured over 250,000 customers and built a staff of 350 employees.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific number of customers (250,000) or employees (350).
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