Why Agents Love Supabase — with Paul Copplestone and Ant Wilson
About this episode
From the show’s notesWhy do AI agents keep choosing Supabase—and what changes when the agent becomes the user?
Supabase co-founders Paul Copplestone (CEO) and Ant Wilson (CTO) join swyx for their first podcast together after a $0 to $10B speedrun as the preeminent open source, fully remote Postgres platform company. We have watched them grow from a humble Firebase alternative launched during Covid, to now being a full preferred backend for AI-built applications: long-running compute beside the database, declarative schemas, Postgres storage and reliability, Turso, developer memes, community-led distribution, and product-led sales.
Read the show’s notes in full
The episode opens with swyx’s commentary on Supabase Select and the company’s journey from zero to a $10B valuation in six years as an open-source, fully remote company. swyx also discusses his seed investment in Supabase and its sponsorship of Latent Space.
Chapters
Links and show notes
Supabase: supabase.link/AYNPC9B
Supabase Select:
select.supabase.com
Build from code and Supabase Compute:
supabase.com/blog/select-2026-b…
Operate with your own agent:
supabase.com/blog/select-2026-o…
Multigres and OrioleDB: supabase.com/blog/select-2026-s…
Turso acquisition:
Declarative schemas:
Alpha launch postmortem:
Supabase’s Series F:
Latent Space:
