Retool

Retool, Inc. is a US company based in San Francisco that provides a platform to build, deploy and manage internal tools. The pages fetched do not state its founding year.

The unified engine connects to any database, API or LLM, with an AI app builder, a CLI and an MCP surface. A centralized agent harness gives employees AI agents in Slack, Teams and Google Chat under IT control. The site claims 10,000+ teams and names Amazon, Boeing, Adobe and DoorDash among customers.

• AI app builder: Builds internal apps from prompts.
• Unified engine: Connects databases, APIs and LLMs.
• Agent harness: Enterprise agents in Slack, Teams and Google Chat.
• Data Access Enforcement: Table, column and row-level policies set once on a resource.
• CLI: Builds and deploys apps from the terminal.
• App gallery: Ready-made apps to start from.

A back-office console for a Vietnamese fintech's loan operations. A supply chain dashboard for a manufacturer. An HR request agent in Teams for a large employer.

Cuts development time for internal tools; the site cites Orangetheory reducing it tenfold. Centralizes governance and IT visibility. Connects to existing databases and APIs. Offers a free way to explore the AI app builder.

Enterprises are rolling out AI agents and need governance over tools, data and models. Vietnamese financial and manufacturing firms digitising operations face similar needs for controlled internal apps.

Announced Data Access Enforcement on 2026-10-22 and the agent harness on 2026-10-06. Announced a MongoDB partnership on 2026-09-30.