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Tech News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Supabase's Bold Strategy: Challenging Oracle with Open-SourceSupabase, an open-source database platform, has raised $100M, valuing it at $5B, after turning down lucrative enterprise contracts. Co-founder Paul Copplestone believes in focusing on the open-source community, potentially signaling the decline of established giants like Oracle. Supabase is investing in advanced projects to enhance scalability and power for developers.The Daily News Now! — Every city. Every story. AI-powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-11-2801 min
EquitySupabase CEO on the "painful" decisions that built a $5B companyVibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it's not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too.
Supabase, the open-source database platform that's become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. But co-founder and CEO Paul Copplestone has a surprising strategy: he keeps turning down million-dollar enterprise contracts, betting instead that vibe coding will birth the next generation of companies.
Today on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Julie Bort s...
2025-11-2830 min
Dev Propulsion LabsPaul Copplestone of Supabase on low ego teams, meme workshops, and building for the next generationIn this episode of Dev Propulsion Labs, Supabase CEO Paul Copplestone reveals why hiring ex-founders with beaten-down egos builds better products, how internal meme workshops became part of their culture, and why vibe coding isn't a bubble that will burst. He shares the accidental origin of Launch Weeks, explains why Supabase is building for a 30-year timeline, and breaks down how they scaled to 5 million developers across 40 countries with barely any meetings.Episode notes: https://evilmartians.com/events/podcast-paul-copplestone-supabaseFollow us on X: https://x.com/dpl_podRecorded at Chroma. Vector, full-text...
2025-11-1148 min
Scaling DevToolsPaul Copplestone, CEO of Supabase - don't kill your channelPaul Copplestone is the CEO of Supabase, the Postgres development platform. He talks about the discipline needed to cross the enterprise chasm without isolating your original community. This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs. Links:- Paul's LinkedIn - Paul's X - Paul's website- Supabase - Enterprise Sales vs Product-led Growth - Friction logs - Ant Wilson - Multigres: Vitess for Postgres
2025-07-1842 min
Spotlight OnSupabase’s Paul Copplestone on the difference between “playing startup” and strategyFrom the beginning, the backend-as-a-service platform Supabase has done things a little differently. Building on Postgres instead of a proprietary engine. Putting data portability at the core of their product. Going all-in on global hiring from day one. And yes, naming themselves after a Nicki Minaj song because they thought it would make a funny meme. The meme has stuck, but Supabase has scaled. In this episode of Spotlight On, Supabase CEO and co-founder Paul Copplestone joins Accel’s Arun Mathew and Gonzalo Mocorrea to discuss how these contrarian bets have paid off, and how the platform has...
2025-05-1346 min
TechCrunch Startup NewsVibe coding helps Supabase nab $200M at $2B valuation just seven months after its last raiseIn 2020, when open source database Supabase was founded, its New Zealand-based CEO, Paul Copplestone, couldn’t have imagined it would be sitting in the sweet spot for 2025’s biggest trend: vibe coding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2025-04-2403 min
Postgres FMRLS vs performanceNikolay and Michael discuss Row Level Security in Postgres, focussing on the performance side effects and some tips to avoid (or minimize) them. Here are some links to things they mentioned:Row Security Policies (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ddl-rowsecurity.html7+ million Postgres tables (recent talk by Kailash Nadh) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhi5Q_wL9i0Row Level Security guide (Supabase docs) https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/postgres/row-level-securitycurrent_setting function https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-admin.html#id-1.5.8.34.3.6.2.2.1.1.1.1Our slow count episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/slow-countRLS Performance a...
2024-12-2040 minScaling DevToolsPaul Klein, CEO & Founder of BrowserbasePaul Klein is the founder and CEO of Browserbase - one of the fastest growing DevTools in 2024.Browserbase is a headless browser API focused on helping AI Agent startups.We dig into:Why browser automation?How Browserbase hit "VC-market-fit"Visionary is revisionist-history Tips for hiring your friendsWhy buying a jacket is like buying a devtoolBuilding an in-person DevTool in San FranciscoMaking priorities (what Paul doesn’t care about).Where to find Paul and Browserbase:Twitter/X https://x.com/pauljasonklein?lang=enLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulkleinivBrowserbase https://www.browserbase.com/R...
2024-10-2442 min
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats827: Career Development with Topher Martini Scott and Wes talk with Topher Martini, a former Engineering Program Manager at Apple, about his extensive experience over two decades in the tech industry. Topher shares his journey at Apple, from starting as an intern in 2001 to working on groundbreaking products like iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:40 What it was like working on the first iPhone 04:47 How Topher landed at Apple early in his career 08:40 How Apple’s culture has changed over time 11:03 What makes a great employee? 16:37 Tips for better communication 17:54 Are meetings a good means of communication? 20:05 What makes a ba...
2024-09-2756 min
Diaspora.nzS2 | E3 — Paul Copplestone (Co-founder & CEO at Supabase) on why open source is an unfair advantage; raising $116M to build the tech stack for AI startups/indie developers; living in Southeast Asia.Paul Copplestone is the co-founder and CEO at Supabase, the “open source Firebase alternative for building web and mobile apps.” If you were wondering what that means or why you should prioritise a listen— in Paul’s words: “if you’re going to build your next startup, you’d probably choose us … and we’ll provide all the tools you need to get started: a Postgres database, authentication system, file storage… the works.”Today, Supabase is prolific. One of the most commonly called out products by makers on Product Hunt; one of the most redeemed Y Combinator “perks” with nearly a thi...
2024-07-1832 minDayOne.FMS2 | E3 — Paul Copplestone (Co-founder & CEO at Supabase) on why open source is an unfair advantage; raising $116M to build the tech stack for AI startups/indie developers; living in Southeast Asia.Paul Copplestone is the co-founder and CEO at Supabase, the “open source Firebase alternative for building web and mobile apps.” If you were wondering what that means or why you should prioritise a listen— in Paul’s words: “if you’re going to build your next startup, you’d probably choose us … and we’ll provide all the tools you need to get started: a Postgres database, authentication system, file storage… the works.”Today, Supabase is prolific. One of the most commonly called out products by makers on Product Hunt; one of the most redeemed Y Combinator “perks” with nearly a thi...
2024-07-1832 min
Changelog Master FeedIt all starts with Postgres (Changelog Interviews #599)Paul Copplestone, CEO of Supabase (the meme-lord himself), joins the show to take us on the journey of Supabase leading Postgres for life, and how it all starts with Postgres as the base-layer substrate for the entire Supabase platform. They’re laser focused on the drive ahead, not the rear-view mirror.
Disclosure: Adam and Jerod are angel investors in Supabase.
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2024-07-111h 34Changelog InterviewsIt all starts with PostgresPaul Copplestone, CEO of Supabase (the meme-lord himself), joins the show to take us on the journey of Supabase leading Postgres for life, and how it all starts with Postgres as the base-layer substrate for the entire Supabase platform. They’re laser focused on the drive ahead, not the rear-view mirror.
Disclosure: Adam and Jerod are angel investors in Supabase.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members get a bonus 5 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today!Sponsors:Sentry – Code breaks, fix it faster. Don’t just o...
2024-07-111h 34The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceIt all starts with Postgres (Interview)Paul Copplestone, CEO of Supabase (the meme-lord himself), joins the show to take us on the journey of Supabase leading Postgres for life, and how it all starts with Postgres as the base-layer substrate for the entire Supabase platform. They’re laser focused on the drive ahead, not the rear-view mirror.
Disclosure: Adam and Jerod are angel investors in Supabase.
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2024-07-111h 34
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats788: Supabase: Open Source Firebase for Fullstack JS Apps Scott and CJ chat with Paul Copplestone, CEO and co-founder of Supabase, about the journey of building an open source alternative to Firebase. Learn about the tech stack, the story behind their excellent documentation, and how Supabase balances business goals with open-source values. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:30 Who is Paul Copplestone? 01:17 Why ‘Supa’ and not ‘Super’? 02:26 How did Supabase start? 04:29 How long from inception to joining Y Combinator? 05:10 Was it always intended to be open source? Why Open Source. 07:22 How many users chose to self-host? 07:49 Open source mindset. 08:42 Simplicity in design. 10:32 How do you take Supabase one step bey...
2024-06-2853 min
Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AIAI's Future: Spatial Data with Paul CopplestoneDive into the remarkable journey of Paul Copplestone, CEO of Supabase in this episode of Gradient Dissent Business. Paul recounts his unique experiences, having started with a foundation in web development before venturing into innovative projects in agriculture, blending his rural roots with technological advancements.Throughout our conversation with Paul we uncover his coding and database management skills, and learn how his diverse background was instrumental in shaping his approach to building a thriving tech company.This episode covers everything from challenges in the AI and database industries to the future of spatial data and embeddings. Join...
2023-12-2158 min
Cloud Engineering Archives - Software Engineering DailySupabase Security with Inian Parameshwaran
Supabase is an open source backend-as-a-service platform and competes directly with Google’s Firebase. A key distinction between them is that Firebase is a document store, while Supabase uses Postgres, which is a SQL-based database management system.
Software Engineering Daily last covered Supabase in 2020 when its Founder Paul Copplestone came on the show, and a lot has changed since then. The platform has continued to grow its feature set and, importantly, this growth has come with an expanded number of security considerations.
Inian Parameshwaran is Head of Product and Engineering at Supabase and a...
2023-12-2057 min
Software Engineering DailySupabase Security with Inian ParameshwaranSupabase is an open source backend-as-a-service platform and competes directly with Google's Firebase. A key distinction between them is that Firebase is a document store, while Supabase uses Postgres, which is a SQL-based database management system. Software Engineering Daily last covered Supabase in 2020 when its Founder Paul Copplestone came on the show, and a lot has changed since then. The platform has continued to grow its feature set and, importantly, this growth has come with an expanded number of security considerations. Inian Parameshwaran is Head of Product and Engineering at Supabase an...
2023-12-2058 min
Thinking Elixir Podcast180: Thinking Elixir NewsNews teases an intriguing update from Chris McCord hinting at a groundbreaking feature in Phoenix and Elixir's capabilities. José Valim proposes local accumulators in Elixir, stirring discussions on the future of coding elegance. Supabase launches the innovative "libcluster_postgres" library, promising to enhance Elixir node discovery with Postgres. And for those seeking to crunch numbers differently, a must-read blog post lays out a roadmap for translating code in NumPy to Nx. Plus, Elixir enthusiasts are buzzing about this year's Advent of Code challenges—find out how the community tackles these puzzles with bespoke tooling and shared Livebooks strategies, and mor...
2023-12-1219 minThinking Elixir Podcast149: Elixir's new Unified LoggerHauleth (Łukasz Jan Niemier) takes us deeper into the Elixir and Erlang loggers. He recently closed a 3.5 year old bug on the ElixirLang Github project by unifying the Elixir logger with the logger that Erlang got in OTP 21. We touch on the history, why it took so long, what we should think of the new logging levels, and what the original goals were that he set out to achieve. We also get an introduction to the new logging filters and handlers along with some peeks into future Erlang logging features that may still be yet to come in Elixir!
2023-05-0254 min
FSJam PodcastEpisode 88 - Supabase DevRel with Jon MeyersJon Meyers is a Developer Advocate at Supabase, an open source Firebase alternative built with PostgreSQL.In this episode we discuss how DevRel is organized at Supabase, why Supabase decided to build their own PostgreSQL extension, and new capabilities enabled by Supabase's Edge Functions. Jon MeyersHomepageTwitterGitHubYouTubeEggheadSupabaseHomepageTwitterGitHubYouTubeDiscordLinksSupabase with Paul Copplestone (FSJam33)Open Source Stacks with Ant Wilson (FSJam52)pg_graphql: A GraphQL extension for PostgreSQLGraphQL is now available in Supabasepg_graphql v1.0pg_graphql DocumentationLaunch WeekUpdates for Supabase FunctionsSupabase Edge FunctionsEdge Function ExamplesSupabase IntegrationsSupabase Series BMade...
2023-01-1830 min
Open Source Startup PodcastE43: Building Supabase, the Open Source Firebase AlternativePaul Copplestone is Co-Founder & CEO of Supabase the open source Backend-as-a-Service company that provides storage, authentication, edge functions, and a postgres database to users.
Supabase's project, also called supabase, has 36K stars on GitHub and is positioned as the "open source Firebase alternative".
Supabase has raised $116M from investors including Coatue, Felicis, and YC.
In this episode, we discuss positioning as an open source alternative to "x", the benefits of going through YC as an open source company, how to judge open source momentum, learnings for other early open source founders, and more!
2022-07-1940 minThinking Elixir Podcast94: Benchee and OpenSource with Tobias PfeifferWe talk with Tobias Pfeiffer about his popular performance benchmarking tool Benchee. We learn about why he created it, what's special about it, and the big features in the latest release. It was 2 years between this release and the previous one. Tobi talks openly about the technical challenges that compounded with personal challenges, feelings of obligation, anxiety, and the drive for perfection. As developers, many of us struggle with these same issues and it helps just hearing that we're not alone.
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2022-04-121h 00
PodRocketSupabase: Part 2 with Jon MeyersIt's our 100th episode of PodRocket! Jon Meyers, Developer Advocate at Supabase joins us to talk about the open-source alternative to Firebase, updates since we talked to Supabase CEO, Paul Copplestone, what to look for in 2022, and more.
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2022-02-1136 minChangelog InterviewsSupabase is all in on PostgresThis week Paul Copplestone, CEO of Supabase joined us to catch us up on the next big thing happening in the world of Postgres. Supabase might be best known as “the open source Firebase alternative,” a tagline they might be reluctant to maintain. But from Adam’s perspective, he’s never been more excited about what they’re bringing to market for Postgres fans. In the last year, Supabase has gone from 0 to more than 80,000 databases on their platform — and they’re still in beta…and it’s open source. Hopefully today’s show sheds some light on why everyone is talking...
2022-01-251h 15The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceSupabase is all in on Postgres (Interview)This week Paul Copplestone, CEO of Supabase joined us to catch us up on the next big thing happening in the world of Postgres. Supabase might be best known as “the open source Firebase alternative,” a tagline they might be reluctant to maintain. But from Adam’s perspective, he’s never been more excited about what they’re bringing to market for Postgres fans. In the last year, Supabase has gone from 0 to more than 80,000 databases on their platform — and they’re still in beta…and it’s open source. Hopefully today’s show sheds some light on why everyone is talking...
2022-01-251h 15Thinking Elixir Podcast73: Elixir at Supabase with Paul CopplestoneWe talk with Paul Copplestone, founder and CEO of Supabase. Supabase leverages the power of Elixir, Postgres, and more to create an OpenSource Firebase alternative that brings these powers to the Jamstack community. We cover TechCrunch’s coverage of their funding and how Paul considers Supabase as “the easiest way to use Postgres”. They offer a row-level security feature and we dig in to understand that. We go deeper on how an OpenSource company got VC funding and how their business model works. Paul shares how Elixir, Phoenix and PubSub solve some hard problems that other ecosystems just don’t handle...
2021-11-1645 min
FSJam PodcastEpisode 33 - Supabase with Paul CopplestonePaul Copplestone is the CEO and Co-Founder of Supabase, a PostgreSQL hosting provider for developers.In this episode we discuss building an open source alternative to Firebase, the architecture and open source tools underlying the Supabase platform, how companies can help push contributions back upstream, and the inherent trade off between velocity and stability among open source and closed source projects.Paul CopplestoneTwitterGitHubLinkedInSupabaseHome PageTwitterGitHubLinksSupabase: Open Source Firebase with Paul CopplestoneContribute to Supabase - The open source Firebase alternativeSupabase raises $6M for its open-source Firebase alternativeSupabase...
2021-05-2544 min
PodRocketSupabase with Paul CopplestoneToday Ben and Kate talk with Paul Copplestone, CEO and cofounder of Supabase, the open source firebase alternative. They discuss how Supabase works, whats in store for 2021, why open source matters, and the role HackerNews played in Supabase’s launch.
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2021-02-0931 min
Heavybit Podcast Network Master FeedJAMstack Radio - Ep. #71, Open Source Firebase Alternative with Paul Copplestone of SupabaseIn episode 71 of JAMstack Radio, Brian speaks with Paul Copplestone of Supabase. They discuss the inception of Supabase and its use cases, the scalability issues faced by startups, and the mysteries surrounding database management.
2021-02-0135 min
Jamstack RadioEp. #71, Open Source Firebase Alternative with Paul Copplestone of SupabaseIn episode 71 of JAMstack Radio, Brian speaks with Paul Copplestone of Supabase. They discuss the inception of Supabase and its use cases, the scalability issues faced by startups, and the mysteries surrounding database management.The post appeared first on Heavybit.
2021-02-0135 min
Open Source Archives - Software Engineering DailySupabase: Open Source Firebase with Paul Copplestone
Firebase is well-known as a platform that makes it easy to build real-time applications quickly and easily. Firebase was acquired by Google, and has been turned into a large platform that runs on top of Google Cloud. Firebase is closed-source, which leads to a different ecosystem than open source platforms. Supabase is a new open source alternative to Firebase, built on Postgres and Elixir. Paul Copplestone is the founder of Supabase and he joins the show to talk through what he is building.
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2020-10-1542 minSoftware Engineering DailySupabase: Open Source Firebase with Paul CopplestoneFirebase is well-known as a platform that makes it easy to build real-time applications quickly and easily. Firebase was acquired by Google, and has been turned into a large platform that runs on top of Google Cloud. Firebase is closed-source, which leads to a different ecosystem than open source platforms. Supabase is a new open source alternative to Firebase, built on Postgres and Elixir. Paul Copplestone is the founder of Supabase and he joins the show to talk through what he is building.Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com Learn more about your ad c...
2020-10-1542 min