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Paul Copplestone

Paul Copplestone

CEO & Co-Founder, Supabase ·

Largest round$500MSupabase · 2026 Followers on X40K

About Paul

Paul Copplestone is the CEO and Co-Founder of Supabase, an open-source backend platform for application development. He founded Supabase in 2020, which is built around a managed PostgreSQL database and offers tools like user authentication, real-time subscriptions, and serverless edge functions. Copplestone has guided Supabase to become a significant player in the developer tools space, with a focus on developer adoption over immediate enterprise revenue. He is actively involved in the company's growth and strategic direction, including recent acquisitions and product announcements.

Strengths: founder archetype

Community builderRepeat founder

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Why community builder

Paul Copplestone prioritizes developer adoption and community engagement, even turning down large enterprise deals to maintain a developer-first approach. His focus on open-source and building tools that 'just work' for developers, especially in the AI era, highlights his commitment to empowering the builder community. His previous role as CTO and Co-Founder also indicates a repeat founder pattern.

The signals behind it 5

Paul Copplestone, Co-founder and CEO, SupabaseRepeat founder
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CEO Paul Copplestone is betting that staying true to developers will pay bigger dividends than chasing immediate revenue from demanding corporate clients.Community builder
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During a recent TechCrunch Equity podcast interview , he revealed that the company regularly turns down million-dollar enterprise contracts from deep-pocketed customers who want extensive customizations and enterprise feCommunity builder
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Supabase—which has now raised $500 million since its 2020 founding—also included an opportunity for the startup’s developer community to co-invest in the round as part of a “build-together, owned-together mentality,” CopCommunity builder
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Copplestone’s an optimist about one of the most existential questions around vibe coding: As it gets easier for anyone to code, what will happen to coding and developer jobs?Community builder
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PATH · 9 MILESTONES

Paul Copplestone | Developer-first, open-source, AI-driven platform

2020 → 2026·1phases·nowFOUNDER SUPABASE

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Network

Backed by 6

GGICLed Supabase's Series B+, 2026

AAccelLed Supabase's Series B+, 2025

PPeak XVLed Supabase's Series B+, 2025

CCraft VenturesLed Supabase's Series B+, 2024

FFelicisLed Supabase's Series B+, 2022

CCoatueLed Supabase's Series A, 2021

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SSupabaseCEO & Co-Founder

Background

Company Supabase
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Nationality Kiwi
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Timeline, line by line 9

Supabase acquires TursoOct 2, 2026
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Supabase raised $500M (Series B+), led by GIC.Jun 4, 2026
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Supabase raised $100M (Series B+), led by Accel and Peak XV.Oct 3, 2025
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Supabase raised $200M (Series B+), led by Accel.Apr 22, 2025
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Supabase raised $80M (Series B+), led by Craft Ventures and Peak XV.Sep 25, 2024
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Supabase raised $80M (Series B+), led by Felicis.May 10, 2022
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Supabase raised $30M (Series A), led by Coatue.Sep 9, 2021
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Supabase raised $6M (Seed), led by Coatue.Dec 15, 2020
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Founded Supabase2020
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In their words

“Growth this year at @supabase has been wild. Each month I wonder if going to peak, and yet the charts keep climbing”Reflecting on Supabase's growth · Sep 18, 2026
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“What feels unprecedented is that all charts are trending up - even as sign ups grow, so does activation and conversion”Observing Supabase's growth metrics · Sep 18, 2026
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“LLMs have changed the game - not only are there more builders than ever, they are able to build easier and get to a functioning app faster. It’s never been a better time to build”On the impact of LLMs on building applications · Sep 18, 2026
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“i have growing conviction in Personal Agents. I also think they are going to be incredibly sticky”On the potential of Personal Agents · Oct 9, 2026
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“the one I'm using has started to learn my work rules/patterns & it has built up a CRM of all my contacts it won't be so easy to shift these from one tool to another unless the industry standardizes on a way to manage handle each of these (which i doubt will happen)”On the stickiness and data lock-in of Personal Agents · Oct 9, 2026
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“i'm also surprised at how useful it has been to "call" the agent while I'm working from my computer. It's like pair-coding (for work tasks), we are both working at the same time on a kanban board to clean up a backlog of tasks”On the utility of Personal Agents for work tasks · Oct 9, 2026
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“we can basically rebuild the entire @supabase dashboard in chatgpt. watch this space”On the potential of ChatGPT Extensions for Supabase · Sep 30, 2026
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“giving “App Store” vibes - i could imagine that entire businesses will be built here without needed to build a standalone site”On the potential of ChatGPT Extensions to host businesses · Sep 30, 2026
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Team at Supabase

Anthony WilsonCo-Founder & CTO@antwilson
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Greg Kress, Ph.D.Founder Advocate
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Interviews and coverage

Supabase CEO Paul Copplestone: 90% of Our New Databases Are Now Launched by AI Agents, Not HumansBigGo Finance · Jul 23, 2026
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AI vibe coding startup Supabase, co-founded by Kiwi Paul Copplestone, raises US$500m at US$10b valuationNZ Herald · Jun 4, 2026
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Supabase Raises $500 Million At $10.5 Billion Valuation To Expand Agentic Infrastructure PlatformPulse 2.0 · Jun 4, 2026
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Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 monthsTechCrunch · Jun 5, 2026
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Supabase hits $5B valuation by rejecting enterprise dealsThe Tech Buzz · Nov 28, 2025
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Kiwi co-founded Supabase valued at US$10b in latest raiseNational Business Review · Jun 5, 2026
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Exclusive: Supabase raises $100 million at $5 billion valuation as vibe coding soarsFortune · Oct 3, 2025
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Supabase Revenue 2026: $170M Est., $10.5B ValuationGetLatka · Nov 17, 2024
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How this is researched

Researched from public pages: press, interviews, the company's site and the founder's own posts. Each source logo links the page that states the row; anything we couldn't source is left out. The archetype is our reading of that record, from a fixed set so founders can be compared. Updated Oct 12, 2026.