Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ:HOOD) is pushing deeper into AI-powered finance, launching a new feature that lets customers connect artificial-intelligence agents to trade stocks and make purchases through Robinhood accounts and credit cards.

What AI Agents Can Do

Robinhood said users can link AI agents like Anthropic's Claude or Cursor to dedicated Robinhood investing accounts, allowing the tools to place trades using customer instructions.

The rollout marks Robinhood's latest push into "agentic AI," where software tools move beyond recommendations and execute actions automatically.

"One thing that we've learned from talking to our customers is that they want to give their agents the power of Robinhood, but in a very safe way," Robinhood Vice President of Product Management Abhishek Fatehpuria told The Wall Street Journal.

Currently the AI agents support stock trading only, but now customers can instruct AI tools to rebalance portfolios, monitor semiconductor or thematic stock baskets, scan startup funding trends and private-market activity and automatically deploy capital into public-market opportunities.

Robinhood executives said options, crypto and event contracts will be added later.

AI Shopping Comes To Robinhood Gold

Robinhood is also extending AI functionality to its Gold credit card ecosystem. Customers can connect AI agents to virtual Gold cards, allowing bots to:

  • Hunt for discounts
  • Monitor product availability
  • Book flights
  • Reserve restaurants
  • Buy event tickets under preset spending limits

Robinhood said the AI agents only access virtual card credentials, not primary credit-card numbers or broader account information.

The launch pushes Robinhood further into the race among fintech and Wall Street firms to embed AI into consumer investing.

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