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Catalyst
AI agents that turn a plain-English trading thesis into a tested, executed strategy
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- AI
Open roles at Catalyst
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What Catalyst is building
Catalyst calls itself 'the intent layer for all of finance.' You describe a trade or strategy in plain English. Catalyst's agents turn it into a visual workflow, pull in live signals (market data, news, sentiment, social activity, fund flows), help you backtest it, map execution paths across venues and then run it. Every step that moves money needs the user's confirmation, and the platform is non-custodial, so Catalyst never holds user funds. Today it covers spot tokens, perpetuals, tokenized stocks and prediction markets, funded via Apple Pay, card or crypto, and is free during its research preview. The founders' framing is 'begin with intent, rather than the plumbing of the market.' Retail traders today stitch together a charting tool, a news feed, a bot and three exchange accounts. Catalyst wants to be one orchestration layer above all of them. The team reportedly includes people from Palantir, Scale AI, Citadel, Citadel Securities, Hudson River Trading and Jump Trading. The company also plans personalised education tools that explain the risk of a given strategy to the person about to run it.
Why this matters
Two shifts are converging. Agents can now reliably decompose a fuzzy goal into tool calls. Meanwhile, the set of tradable things reachable through one API keeps growing: tokenized equities, perps and prediction markets all live on-chain or behind modern APIs. That makes 'describe what you want, approve each step' a feasible product for retail for the first time, not just for quant desks. The risk is obvious and it's the whole design problem: agents placing trades for retail users is where AI errors cost real money. The human-in-the-loop approval and non-custodial architecture are the answer. Whoever gets that trust layer right owns the interface between retail intent and execution.
Investors: Sequoia Capital (lead, George Robson), Jump Trading, Peak XV, Lux Capital, Coinbase, Premji Invest, AntiFund, Selini Capital, SF1
Hiring outlook
Weak public signal. The announcement coverage does not state hiring plans, and no careers page or job board tied to catalyst.app was found. A $30M seed for a 2025-founded company almost certainly funds hiring, but that is an inference, not a stated plan.
Working at Catalyst
Catalyst is a AI company based in United States. For a AI company this size, the reality is opportunity to shape your role based on the company stage.
Most Catalyst jobs are based in United States.
How to actually get hired at Catalyst
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
Catalyst has an ATS but the real pipeline is referrals → sourced → recruiter picks → cold apps. You can still get through, but know where you stand.
Who to contact at Catalyst
- Who decides
- the hiring manager
- Best channel
- LinkedIn or direct email
What to show them
Build a tiny intent-to-strategy agent. A plain-English thesis ('buy ETH if funding flips negative and BTC dominance falls') compiles to an explicit, inspectable plan with a backtest. The plan is shown as approve/reject steps before any (paper) order fires. Log every place the model misread intent.
A cold email that works at Catalyst
What Catalyst screens for
The investor list is a map of the execution stack. Sequoia leads, Jump Trading brings market-making, Coinbase brings the venue, Peak XV, Premji Invest and Lux round out a deep growth bench. George Robson described the product as 'the universal orchestration layer for turning financial ideas into reality' and 'a suit of armor as you navigate the financial world.' That is a bet on the trust layer, not on any single strategy. Hiring is quiet and pedigree-heavy, so the edge is showing up with something that already works against Catalyst's real constraint: safe, explainable, human-approved execution.
Don't send a generic CV to Catalyst. Mirror the job posting's language to get past automated screening.
Don't make these mistakes
Justin raised his first seed round at 16, joined Worldcoin in 2019 and was twice the youngest IDEO CoLab fellow. Dylan did DoD cybersecurity research in high school and left Stanford as a Jane Street scholar to build this. Don't open with 'I'm passionate about democratizing finance' or crypto-maximalist talk. And don't treat agent safety as an afterthought. Dylan's security background means 'what happens when the agent is wrong' is the first question you should already have answered.
Mistakes that kill Catalyst applications
At people, a copy-paste CV is immediately obvious. It's an instant no.
Lead with their problem, not your ambition. Catalyst is focused on Two shifts are converging — show you understand that.
Don't apply and wait. The median AI application gets no response ever. One follow-up at day five roughly doubles reply rates.
Applying to Catalyst? Get the contact, not the form.
The Catalyst interview process
We don't yet have verified candidate reports for Catalyst. What follows is the typical process for a -person AI company, so treat it as a model, not confirmed detail.
Interview stages
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Recruiter Screen
Phone or video · 30 min
What it testsBasic qualification and logisticsUsually run byRecruiter or HR - 2
Hiring Manager Interview
Video call · 45 min
What it testsRole fit and experience deep-diveUsually run byHiring manager - 3
Technical/Functional Round
Video call · 60 min
What it testsSkills assessment and problem-solvingUsually run byTeam members - 4
Final Round
In-person or video · 60 min
What it testsCulture fit and cross-functional alignmentUsually run bySenior leadership
Catalyst take-home assignment
Catalyst includes a take-home exercise in their interview process. For AI roles, this typically involves a practical problem that takes 2-4 hours. Focus on clean, working code over premature optimization. They're evaluating how you think and communicate, not just the solution.
Catalyst interview timeline
At 14 days, Catalyst's process is about average than typical for AI (14 days at this size).
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Catalyst jobs, frequently asked questions
How many jobs does Catalyst have open?
Catalyst currently has 3 open roles, last verified October 12, 2026.
Does Catalyst hire remotely?
All current Catalyst roles are based in United States.
What roles is Catalyst hiring for?
Catalyst is hiring across Engineering. The most recent opening is Founding Full-Stack Engineer, agent loop and execution (inferred).
How do I apply for a job at Catalyst?
Apply directly through the links above, or read our guide on how to actually get hired at Catalyst.
Does Catalyst respond to cold emails?
We're still collecting cold email data for Catalyst.
Who is the hiring manager at Catalyst?
At this size, hiring is usually run by the hiring manager.
How competitive is it to get hired at Catalyst?
Expect 100-250 applicants in the first two weeks for AI roles at this size. Apply within 72 hours for best odds.
How many rounds is the Catalyst interview?
4 stages: Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager Interview, Technical/Functional Round, Final Round.
Is the Catalyst interview hard?
It concentrates on technical depth and system design rather than abstract puzzles. The stage candidates find hardest is Technical Interview.
Does Catalyst give a take-home task?
Yes, Catalyst includes a take-home assignment.
How long does Catalyst take to get back to you?
Around 14 days across the full process.
What should I prepare for the Catalyst interview?
Study technical depth and system design. At this size (), they care about self-sufficiency over textbook knowledge.
Where is Catalyst based?
Catalyst is headquartered in United States.
Get Catalyst roles before they're posted
A role stays uncontested for about four days. Here's the window, and where we put you in it.
From $5.99/week, cancel any time.
- live
- +2h+2hrole spotted & verified1
- +4h+4hyou get the alert1
- day 3day 3you've applied~8
- day 7+day 7+hits the job boards250+
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