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Pivoting to Retool (Changelog Interviews #650)

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David Hsu from Retool joins Adam to discuss how he built Retool. From the pivot in YC, to building the most widely used internal tools platform, to now being the platform for AI agents in the enterprise—on this episode we cover David journey from YC to building agents for the enterprise.

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    • David Hsu – Website, LinkedIn
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Retool on Y Combinator – YC-backed company building internal tools fast
    • Retool Agents – Use AI Agents to automate workflows with natural language and data access

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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