Catalyst Builds AI Trading Agents for Individual Investors
The startup converts natural-language investment goals into trading strategies while requiring users to confirm transactions before execution.

Catalyst is an AI trading-agent startup building tools that turn individual investors’ goals into trading strategies and help execute them.
Justin Zheng and Dylan Iskandar founded the company in 2025.
Catalyst’s system is designed to interpret investment goals expressed in natural language, then select assets, optimize costs and execute trades.
Users must confirm transactions before they are completed, keeping final approval with the investor.
Catalyst has completed a round of testing aimed at high-frequency trading users.
The company is combining automated strategy development and trade execution with a product designed for individual investors.