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Turso funding, valuation and investors
SQLite-compatible database infrastructure for AI agents, isolated tenants and local-first apps; Supabase announced its acquisition in October 2026.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Seed (ChiselStrike)
$7M · July 27, 2022
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$7M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
seed · San Francisco, California; globally distributed team
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Norwest Venture Partners
Other: Blumberg Capital , Netlify's Jamstack Innovation Fund , Essence VC , First Star Ventures , Mango Capital
Overview
Turso is the database business developed by ChiselStrike, a globally remote company. Founders Glauber Costa and Pekka Enberg bring Linux-kernel and ScyllaDB experience. It evolved from the libSQL fork of SQLite to a separate Rust-based database engine. On 2 October 2026, both Turso and Supabase announced that Turso is joining Supabase; the reviewed announcements do not specify a definitive legal closing date. Sources: [company background](https://turso.tech/about), [product history](https://turso.tech/blog/we-will-rewrite-sqlite-and-we-are-going-all-in), [acquisition](https://turso.tech/blog/turso-is-joining-supabase).
Why Turso is interesting
Turso makes small isolated databases an infrastructure primitive. Supabase's announced acquisition connects that approach with its Postgres backend ecosystem. The purchase price and definitive closing date were not disclosed.
Product & use cases
Turso offers an open-source SQLite-compatible engine, a managed cloud service and embedded replication. Its product page describes concurrent writes, vector search, browser/WASM execution and change data capture. libSQL and the newer Rust engine are distinct implementations; confirm feature availability for the deployment you choose. Sources: [product](https://turso.tech/product), [libSQL](https://turso.tech/libsql).
- AI-agent memory and task state in isolated databases.
- A database per SaaS tenant or app-builder project.
- Local-first applications that work offline and synchronize with a cloud database.
- Per-user data isolation and deployments with data-residency requirements.
Key facts
- Acquisition by Supabase announced 2 October 2026; consideration undisclosed.
- Glauber Costa joins as Head of Agentic Services alongside Pekka Enberg and the Turso team.
- Turso says its service continues and its database remains open source.
- Verified historical financing: ChiselStrike's $7M seed announced 27 July 2022; this is not a claim about total lifetime funding.
Funding history (newest first)
Seed (ChiselStrike)
2022-07-27 $7M- Norwest Venture Partners (lead)
- Blumberg Capital (participant)
- Netlify's Jamstack Innovation Fund (participant)
- Essence VC (participant)
- First Star Ventures (participant)
- Mango Capital (participant)
Investors in our directory
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Competitive landscape
Edge: A many-database architecture combines a familiar SQLite interface with managed provisioning and embedded execution. The strategic advantage is low overhead for large fleets of small databases; workload economics should be measured rather than assumed.
Turso competes with embedded SQLite and managed SQLite offerings for lightweight workloads, and overlaps with serverless Postgres when applications need cloud relational storage. Following the announced acquisition, Supabase is also its intended ecosystem partner. Fleet migrations, cross-database reporting, restore workflows and feature compatibility remain evaluation points.
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SQLite alternative
Embedded database engine; teams manage hosting and fleet operations separately.
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Supabase adjacent
Postgres backend platform and announced acquirer. Intended path for applications that outgrow SQLite.
Notable stories
- The original ChiselStrike Turso product was announced in January 2023: https://turso.tech/blog/announcing-chiselstrike-turso-164472456b29
- The current pricing page lists a free plan with 100 databases and 5GB storage. Paid plans allow unlimited database counts but have usage limits and overages; $4.99/month is a displayed Developer starting price and billing selection matters. Verified 5 October 2026: https://turso.tech/pricing
- Company-described customers include Superhuman, Sauna.ai and Mastra: https://turso.tech/blog/turso-is-joining-supabase
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