David Hsu

David Hsu is a distinguished technology executive and the Founder and CEO of Retool, the leading enterprise application platform that has automated over 100 million hours of work to date. Under his leadership, Retool has scaled to a $3.2 billion valuation and is now trusted by over 10,000 companies—including industry leaders like Amazon, Stripe, Netflix, and OpenAI—to power their internal operations. In his role, David oversees the strategic vision for a platform that originally started as a set of Lego-like building blocks for software engineers. Today, he leads its expansion into a comprehensive ecosystem that enables both engineers and non-engineers to build mission-critical internal applications and AI agents.

Prior to founding Retool, David recognized a massive inefficiency in how companies built internal software, leading him to create a platform that fundamentally changes how organizations operate. His leadership style is defined by a deep commitment to operational efficiency, unlocking unprecedented speed for engineering teams while democratizing app creation for broader business units. With a background rooted in philosophy and computer science from Oxford University, David brings a highly analytical, first-principles approach to scaling high-growth technology companies and driving cross-functional alignment to solve complex operational challenges.