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Robinhood is introducing AI agents for its customers. These agents will autonomously trade stocks and make purchases using a virtual credit card. Users can set spending limits and require manual approval for transactions. This move positions Robinhood at the forefront of integrating AI into financial services, with plans to expand the feature to other markets.Listen to this article in summarized format
The company said its users will be able to create a dedicated trading account, separate from their primary one, and have their AI agents trade on their behalf.
AI agents are digital assistants that go beyond chatbot-style prompt responses by autonomously planning and making their own decisions.
Financial technology companies are racing to turn AI agents from experimental assistants into tools that can carry out real-world transactions.
In 2025, Visa rolled out a new platform to allow users to delegate their online shopping tasks to AI agents.
Robinhood said that while the feature is currently only available for equities trading, it expects to expand it to derivatives, crypto and prediction markets.
Users can also give agents access to a virtual Robinhood Gold credit card to make automatic purchases, such as grabbing concert tickets before they sell out or buying products once prices drop below a set threshold.
"I think our audience right now is the early adopters of agents," said Abhishek Fatehpuria, vice president of product management for brokerage at Robinhood.
Robinhood executives said they had put enough guardrails in place to counter concerns of agents going rogue.
Users can set spending limits on agentic credit card accounts and require manual approval before any purchase.
Such controls are becoming a focus as businesses warn that agentic AI adoption is outpacing their ability to monitor it.
A Deloitte survey of information technology and business leaders, published in April, said that only 21% of respondents believe that their organizations have a mature governance model in place for agentic AI.
