Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it is not just companies like Lovable and Replit that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are also cashing in.
Supabase, the open-source database platform that has become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised one hundred million dollars at a five billion dollar valuation. This funding round came just months after the company closed two hundred million dollars at a two billion dollar valuation.
But the company’s co-founder and CEO, Paul Copplestone, has a surprising strategy. He keeps turning down million-dollar enterprise contracts from deep-pocketed but demanding customers. He is betting instead that if he sticks to his own product vision, the world will come to him. So far, he has been right.
Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Julie Bort sat down with Copplestone to explore Supabase’s rise. They discussed what it means for vibe coding, developers, and the database giants who have historically controlled this market.