Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.

Vibe coding has taken the tech business by storm, and it’s not simply the Lovables and Replits of the world that are successful. The startups constructing the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. 

Supabase, the open-source database platform that’s develop into the backend of selection for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation simply months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. However co-founder and CEO Paul Copplestone has a shocking technique: he retains turning down million-dollar enterprise contracts from deep-pocketed however demanding prospects. He’s betting as an alternative that if he sticks to his personal product imaginative and prescient, the world will come to him. Up to now, he’s been proper.  

As we speak on TechCrunch’s Fairness podcast, Julie Bort sat down with Copplestone to discover Supabase’s rise and what it means for vibe coding, builders and the database giants who’ve traditionally managed this market. 

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