Daniel Tulha Hochstetler is Co-Founder and CTO at Astor, an SEC-registered AI investment advisory platform democratizing access to quality financial guidance for retail investors.

Daniel studied Computer Science at Purdue University and worked as a software engineer at Stripe, Robinhood, and Amazon, building financial infrastructure and creating production-ready AI agents at global scale.

Daniel grew up in Brazil where financial advisory services are standard for all investors, inspiring him to bring this model to underserved American retail investors. He built systems during meme stock booms and volatile markets, giving him unique insight into retail investor challenges.

Astor raised $5M in seed funding led by Monashees with participation from Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, and executives from Stripe and OpenAI. The platform has attracted thousands of users and over $200M in connected brokerage accounts since launch.

Astor addresses a market where 61% of adults own stocks but over 56% lack confidence in investment decisions. The platform delivers personalized AI-driven investment recommendations to millions of American households traditionally excluded by $500K minimum asset requirements.