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Supabase raised $150M led by Singapore's GIC and agrees to acquire Turso, which offers a database optimized for AI agents, for an undisclosed sum

Supabase Inc., a startup that commercializes the open-source PostgreSQL database, has raised $150 million in funding.  —  Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund led the deal.

SiliconANGLE Maria Deutscher

Context & Ripple Effects

Supabase’s latest GIC-led financing follows its $500 million Series F in June 2026, when the company was valued at $10 billion pre-money after having doubled from its October 2025 valuation. That funding arc marks a sharp expansion from the $30 million Series A in 2021 for an open-source Firebase alternative.

Adding Turso pairs Supabase’s PostgreSQL-centered backend platform with a database positioned for AI agents, extending the company’s product scope through acquisition rather than only internal development.

First-order effects

  • Supabase gains Turso’s technology and team while adding $150 million of GIC-led capital to fund integration and product development.
  • Turso’s customers and developers are brought into a larger platform whose core offering is commercialized open-source PostgreSQL.

Second-order effects

  • Database vendors serving AI application builders face a more integrated Supabase offering spanning lightweight agent-oriented workloads and PostgreSQL-based backends.
  • GIC’s second disclosed 2026 investment in Supabase reinforces the company’s capacity to use funding alongside acquisitions to broaden its developer infrastructure stack.

Third-order effects

  • If AI-agent workloads continue to pull developers toward specialized data layers, backend platforms may increasingly assemble multi-database portfolios rather than rely on a single database architecture.
  • The deal is a data-infrastructure example of late-stage AI capital funding both scale and consolidation among developer-tool providers.

The trend: AI application infrastructure is shifting toward integrated platforms that combine established databases with specialized systems for agent-oriented workloads.

Discussion

  • @glcst Glauber Costa on x
    I am delighted to announce that we have signed a deal with the nicest person I have met in my life, @kiwicopple , to join one of the fastest growing rocket ships I have seen in my infra career, @supabase. Turso and Supabase fit perfectly together. Our cultures are similar, our ob…
  • @kiwicopple Paul Copplestone on x
    @supabase has acquired @tursodatabase i'm been a huge fan of the team and what they've built. we have big plans together. more to share in our keynote in a few hours this is the tweet that convinced us they'll fit right in https://x.com/...
  • @jhleath Hunter Leath on x
    Some people say that there are 6 people on database Twitter and they all hate each other. If it's true, it certainly doesn't apply to Glauber and the Turso folks. I've gotten to know Glauber a little over the past few months, and he's clearly one of the nicest, most genuine peopl…
  • @ycombinator @ycombinator on x
    Congrats to @kiwicopple, @AntWilson, and @supabase on their $150 million round at a $10.65 billion valuation! More than 13 million developers use Supabase as the backend for their apps. They're adding more than 1 million users and over 4 million databases every month, and 70% of …
  • @awakecoding Marc-André Moreau on x
    Turso SQLite + Supabase Postgres This is an excellent combination
  • @tursodatabase Turso on x
    Turso is joining @supabase. Together, we're building the database platform for the agentic era: everything agents need, from lightweight databases to Postgres at petabyte scale. More details in thread. 👇
  • Adam Whitlock Adam Whitlock on linkedin
    I'm excited to spread the news that Supabase is acquiring Turso!  I've watched Turso from the sideline and have been impressed with what they've built so far. …
  • Conner Lovely Conner Lovely on linkedin
    Every piece of software, no matter who or what wrote it, needs a place to put its data.  That's why we're thrilled to partner with Supabase in their most recent $150 million round. …
  • Paul Copplestone Paul Copplestone on linkedin
    Today, Supabase is announcing $150M in new funding, led by GIC, with CapitalG, IronArc Ventures, and Square Peg participating.  We're also welcoming Turso to Supabase. …
  • Dave Zilberman Dave Zilberman on linkedin
    Proud and excited to announce Turso's acquisition by Supabase!  —  Glauber Costa and Pekka Enberg have been amazing founders to partner with - resilient, pragmatic, deeply technical and just fun. …
  • r/Supabase r on reddit
    Supabase is acquiring Turso