Notion Podcast First Block: Interview with Ant Wilson, Co-Founder and CTO of Supabase
Sep 29, 2025
In this insightful discussion, Ant Wilson, Co-Founder and CTO of Supabase, shares his journey from struggling entrepreneur to leading a booming open-source platform. He dives into the importance of building a community-driven roadmap and how solving personal problems inspired Supabase's creation. Ant emphasizes the entrepreneurial power of authentic relationships, highlights the role of memes in developer marketing, and reveals how a fully remote culture fosters productivity and communication. His candid advice on prioritizing customer needs and embracing feedback is invaluable for aspiring founders.
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Founders Met At An EF Penthouse
- Ant met his co-founder in Entrepreneur First in Singapore and they pooled resources with other founders to rent a penthouse and build together.
- That intense founder environment and rapid idea-sharing seeded Supabase's early formation.
Started By Solving The Founder's Problem
- Supabase began by solving Koppel's scaling pains with Firebase by rebuilding its features on Postgres.
- They realized building the product for their own needs made the solution naturally compelling to other developers.
Messaging Trumps Same Product
- Clear messaging transformed traction overnight even though the product didn't change.
- People need to land on your site and know within three seconds if it's for them.