Abhishek Fatehpuria, Robinhood's VP of Product Management for Brokerage, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, held October 13-15 in San Francisco, on a session titled 'Winning the Modern Financial Consumer.' He will discuss how Robinhood has expanded from commission-free stock trading into banking, credit, crypto, retirement products and prediction markets, reflecting the company's growth to 28.6 million funded customers and $384 billion in platform assets as of August 2026.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-18
A Wall Street Journal report describes everyday investors connecting brokerage accounts on platforms like Robinhood, Webull and Public to AI agents built on Claude and Codex to automatically trade stocks. Users like Colin Edsman and Dean Ahrens say their AI-managed portfolios have outperformed their own manual trading, with Ahrens turning $3,000 into $8,000 and landing one trade with over 500% returns.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-11
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev defended his company's tokenized stock products, arguing that once a company goes public, other firms can build financial instruments referencing its shares without needing the issuer's permission. This follows AMC CEO Adam Aron's public criticism that Robinhood's tokenized AMC shares let the brokerage profit from exposure to the stock without AMC's involvement or consent.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-09
Jim Cramer said on 'Mad Money' that markets are overly fixated on AI data-center stocks, urging investors to diversify. He cited GE Aerospace's nearly $12 billion acquisition of Consolidated Precision Products as a boon for Boeing's supply chain, and praised fintech names Robinhood and Affirm along with healthcare firms Hinge Health and Medtronic as overlooked opportunities.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-08
AMC CEO Adam Aron says Robinhood issued tokenized versions of AMC shares without the company's authorization, and he is considering legal action in response. The dispute centers on whether a brokerage can create blockchain-based tokens tracking a public company's stock without that company's consent.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-06
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