Supabase acquires Turso to handle surging database demand from AI agents

Supabase said it has acquired database company Turso in a deal aimed at serving AI agent workloads that require large numbers of small, on-demand databases. Turso rebuilt SQLite in Rust and turned it into a cloud database system designed for mass provisioning, a setup Supabase says fits the way agents operate. According to Supabase, more than 1 million databases are now created on its platform each week, and about 70% of new databases come from agents or AI tools. The company said the acquisition is meant to address that sharp rise in database creation tied to agent usage. The two companies are not immediately merging their products. Supabase will keep building around Postgres, while Turso will continue focusing on SQLite. Existing databases, APIs, and workflows will remain unchanged, and Turso Database will stay open source. Over time, the companies plan to connect their products so smaller agent tasks can start on Turso and move into Supabase’s Postgres stack as requirements grow. Turso founder Glauber Costa will join Supabase to lead agent-related services. Financial terms were not disclosed.