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Better Auth, by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises $5M from Peak XV, YC

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282 points bundie | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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koakuma-chan ◴[26 Jun 25 02:19 UTC] No.44383666[source]▶
Why does a JavaScript auth library have to raise five million?
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joshdavham ◴[26 Jun 25 02:53 UTC] No.44383822[source]▶
Because the author of this library is an ambitious startup founder and would like to grow his tool into a business.
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cies ◴[26 Jun 25 09:03 UTC] No.44385544[source]▶
And many have done this before (selling auth). 0auth, Clerk, Supabase, etc.

Any more I'm missing?

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1. mikepurvis ◴[26 Jun 25 19:42 UTC] No.44390582{3}[source]▶
Auth is hard to get right, fiddly at the best of times, and is no one's core competency.

It's almost always part of the box not the chocolates, and so is an excellent candidate for outsourcing. I can see why companies attack this space.