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Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months

Supabase raised $500M at a $10B pre-money valuation, doubling its value in eight months. The company says AI coding tools are driving explosive developer growth.

By Julie Bort·Jun 5·techcrunch.com·2 min read

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Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months
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Supabase says its open-source Postgres platform is riding the wave of vibe-coding. With usage and developer counts rising fast, the company closed a huge new round and pushed its valuation into decacorn territory again.

Why it matters

This is a large funding milestone for one of the most visible infrastructure startups in the AI coding boom. It shows how quickly developer tools tied to AI-assisted building are attracting capital and user growth.

Supabase is like a sturdy kitchen for app builders. More people are using AI helpers to cook up apps, so Supabase got a lot bigger and raised a huge pile of money to keep the kitchen running smoothly.

Analysis

Funding surge

Supabase raised a $500 million Series F at a $10 billion pre-money valuation, or about $10.5 billion after the investment. TechCrunch says that valuation has doubled again in a short span: the company had raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation in October, after previously closing $200 million at $2 billion.

Why growth is accelerating

The company says usage climbed more than 600% over the past year, and that more than 60% of new databases are launched “by some sort of AI tool,” according to CEO and co-founder Paul Copplestone in a blog post announcing the round. Supabase now claims nearly 10 million developers as users, which it says has doubled in eight months. Copplestone specifically credits Claude Code and Codex, saying the models “expand the number of people who can build.”

Product and strategy

Supabase is built on Postgres, the widely used open-source database engine. The article frames the company as trying to make Postgres easier to run as apps grow, especially for developers and vibe coders who may not want to spend time on infrastructure work. It also launched a new tool called Multigres this week, which it describes as an “operating system” for Postgres. The goal is to simplify tasks like read replicas, failovers, connection limits, and backups.

Copplestone’s strategy also stands out: he told TechCrunch in November that he avoids the usual enterprise-sales path and refuses to shape the product around large contract demands. The company appears to be betting that product-led growth and AI-assisted development can scale faster than a traditional enterprise playbook. The round was led by GIC, with Stripe participating again and Georgian and Salesforce Ventures joining as new investors.

Key points

  • Supabase raised a $500 million Series F at a $10 billion pre-money valuation.
  • The company says usage grew more than 600% in the past year and nearly 10 million developers now use it.
  • Paul Copplestone credits Claude Code and Codex for bringing more people into building apps.
  • Supabase launched Multigres to simplify operating Postgres at scale.
  • The round was led by GIC, with Stripe, Georgian, and Salesforce Ventures participating.
The Upside

If the current trend continues, Supabase could keep benefiting from the rise of AI-assisted coding and remain a default backend choice for new apps. Its new funding gives it room to improve the tools that make Postgres easier to run at scale.

The Downside

The growth story depends heavily on the continuing boom in vibe-coding tools and AI-driven app creation. If that demand slows, or if running Postgres at scale stays too complex for the audience it is chasing, the company could face pressure to prove the valuation is durable.

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