---
title: "David Hsu"
category: "people"
role: "CEO"
company: "Retool"
linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvdhsu/"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# David Hsu

## Profile
CEO at [[retool|Retool]].

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvdhsu/)

## Biography
David Hsu is the Founder and CEO of [[retool|Retool]], the $3.2B Sequoia-backed governed platform where AI development is fast for builders and safe for business. Under his leadership, [[retool|Retool]] helps over 10,000 companies like Amazon, Stripe, Brex, and Orangetheory Fitnessintegrate AI into enterprise-grade applications without sacrificing security or control. David studied philosophy and computer science at the University of Oxford.

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-david-hsu-governance-is-the-real-bottleneck-to-ai-roi]] — Governance Is the Real Bottleneck to AI ROI (2026-06-29, 10:45am-11:05am)

## Evidence Graph
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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-david-hsu-governance-is-the-real-bottleneck-to-ai-roi|Governance Is the Real Bottleneck to AI ROI]]

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