Sequoia-Led Catalyst Raises $30M Seed for AI Retail-Trading Agents, Pilot Did Hundreds of Millions in Volume

Catalyst raised a $30M seed led by Sequoia, with Jump Trading, Peak XV, Lux, AntiFund, Coinbase, and Premji Invest joining, to build AI agents that convert natural-language intents into retail-trading strategies pending human approval. The company says a power-trader pilot generated hundreds of millions in trading volume in two weeks and is now ramping off a waitlist.