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Paul Copplestone.

Co-founder and CEO of Supabase.

Typefounder
CategoryDeveloper infra
Based inDistributed
By Anish· Founder · Vedwix
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Story

Paul Copplestone is the co-founder and CEO of Supabase. He started Supabase in 2020 with Ant Wilson, building an open-source Firebase alternative around PostgreSQL. By 2026, Supabase is one of the most-used open-source backend platforms and Paul leads a fully-distributed team.

What they built

Supabase.

Notable facts

  • Co-founder and CEO of Supabase
  • Distributed-first company since founding
  • Open-source-first philosophy
  • Major Series C 2024
  • Active in OSS funding discussions

Design / brand lessons

Distributed-first as company structure can become a brand asset.

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