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Focal | Secure Advisor AI

start up
United States - San Francisco, California
  • 10/10/2025
  • Unknown
  • $5,000,000

Focal goes beyond AI-driven note-taking, tasks, agendas, and email generation by automating actions and clicks across wealthtech tools—saving financial advisors 10+ hours each week. Focal partners with RIAs, IBDs, and other large financial institutions to offload data entry, admin work, and form-filling, across systems and tools.

Executives at Fidelity, Vanguard, KPMG, Ritholtz, and many more trust Focal for secure and compliant note-taking. Our enterprise-grade security includes:

- No personally identifiable information (PII) is stored in our AI models
- You fully control your data—never shared with other customers
- Deployed on Microsoft’s most secure Azure infrastructure
- SOC 2, MFA, SSO, TLS 1.2+, and AES-256 encryption

Highlights from Focal | Secure Advisor AI

Preferred vendor for Charles Schwab & finalist for WM Industry Awards. See more
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John L. ConnellCo Founder

John L. Connell United States - San Francisco, California

Founder & CEO of Focal, an AI platform transforming how financial advisors serve clients—trusted by leaders at Charles Schwab, Ritholtz, and top $10B+ RIAs. We go beyond note-taking, turning client conversations into automated workflows that scale advisor capacity without scaling headcount. Passionate about designing agentic systems that make wealth management more human, not less.