Natural-language AI trading agents for everyday investors
Catalyst is a fintech startup building AI agents that turn natural-language investment intent into monitored strategies and trades across markets including crypto, stocks, and prediction markets, with human confirmation before execution. Co-founded by Justin Zheng and Dylan Iskandar, it raised a $30 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Jump Trading, PeakXV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase, and Premji Invest, Fortune reported exclusively on October 8, 2026. The product is available via waitlist at catalyst.app.