Y Combinator Startup Podcast

What Happens When Everyone Can Build Software

October 30, 2026·48 min·9-min readconversationaltechnology
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TLDR
The Light Cone hosts interview Paul Copplestone, co-founder and CEO of Supabase, about how the open source Postgres backend became the default database for AI coding agents. Supabase has grown from ~3 million to 13 million signups in a year, revenue is growing 4x, and over a million datab

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Paul Copplestone

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People

Paul Copplestone

Companies

SupabaseY CombinatorTersoAWSStripeHerokuFirebaseParseMongoDB

Products & Tools

PostgresSQLiteSupabase SparkGbrainOpenClawChatGPTAirtableCappy

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceDatabasesOpen SourceSaasSoftware EngineeringStartupsTech IndustryVenture Capital

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