Retool is an AI-powered platform for building internal software, workflows, and operational tools, founded by David Hsu. Retool's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #42,477 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Retool was founded in 2017 and is backed by Y Combinator, which lists it as an active developer-tools company. The platform has attracted backing from prominent investors including Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, John Collison, and Patrick Collison. In December 2021, Retool raised a $20M financing round at a $1.85B valuation from those existing investors, followed by a $45M Series C2 in July 2022 at a $3.2B valuation.
Retool has a notable presence in the crypto and fintech space. Coinbase uses the platform for workflows including user onboarding and transaction monitoring, and blockchain-based loyalty platform Co:Create has used embedded Retool apps for customer-facing tools covering token and community management. Retool is primarily an enterprise software-development platform and has no official crypto token. Retool's account has published 1,774 posts and has been mentioned by 78 accounts, with 221 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Retool include 117 founders, 40 angel investors, 14 influencers and 8 VCs, among them Balaji, Paul Graham, Luca Netz, Alex Atallah, Alex Masmej and Sequoia Capital.