Supabase is acquiring Turso(supabase.com)
216 points by cvburgess 11 days ago | 118 comments
tl;dr: Supabase is acquiring Turso to address the massive database demand created by AI agents, which are spinning up millions of databases for prototypes and apps. Turso's Rust-based SQLite rebuild and architecture—where a single server manages millions of on-demand databases—complements Supabase's Postgres offering, providing a path from cheap SQLite prototypes to production Postgres. Both products will continue operating independently, with Turso's Glauber Costa leading the new agentic infrastructure effort.
HN Discussion:
  • ~Hope Turso survives acquisition and doesn't get shut down or abandoned
  • ↑Acquisition reduces risk of Turso project dying, making it more trustworthy to adopt
  • ↓Turso needs to fix existing bugs and performance issues before expanding
  • ~Need for OSS self-hostable alternatives alongside Supabase's hosted offering
  • ↓Questioning the premise of rewriting SQLite given its quality