#Agent

Robinhood’s CEO on letting AI trade your money @vladtenev on Robinhood’s new agent bet and the AI ownership inequality problem. Robinhood wants to put an AI hedge fund in your pocket. CEO Vlad Tenev tells me how Robinhood Agents brings AI trading into the app, and why he expects agents to generate a growing share of individual investors’ trading activity. We discuss how much control to give an AI that can trade your money, why Robinhood keeps agents in separate accounts, and where investors will find an edge when everyone has access to powerful models. He also explains his push for every Robinhood employee to have agents working while they sleep. Tenev argues that the AI backlash is partly an ownership problem: most people can’t invest in the companies driving it. We get into Robinhood’s push to open private markets to everyday investors, the coming AI IPOs, and his response to criticism of tokenized stocks. We also discuss prediction markets and why he objects to AI labs keeping their most powerful tools to themselves. Timestamps: 03:06 Making AI trading accessible 06:10 Trading safeguards and approvals 09:02 The future of AI trading 14:52 Finding an edge with AI 23:15 How Vlad uses agents 27:13 AI inequality and retail access 35:40 Robinhood's IPO ambitions 38:23 Markets, inflation and AI 41:28 Ownership and Trump accounts 44:42 Why tokenize stocks? 52:17 The future of prediction markets 55:40 Who should control AI? Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hOx5Oqmt5dY6CManSwC4I?si=41uDIZKBS2SghYWbkZNocg YouTube: https://youtu.be/rkTMQ3oHzFE Substack: https://sources.news/p/robinhood-ceo-ai-trading?r=89hgxm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/robinhoods-ceo-on-letting-ai-trade-your-money/id1840154537?i=1000796203565 Thanks to the show’s premiere sponsors: @Atlassian, @meetgranola, and @mercury.

“HUNNY MY GROK BOT CALLED OUR FAVORITE ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND MADE US RESERVATIONS” I built a Grok Bot whose only job is to pick up the phone and book you a table at restaurant. Literally make the call in a beautiful Grok voice. It is absolutely amazing! And it’s free. Try it: https://x.ai/bot/TIMrxLJHbEEpdr25yYgvL Yesterday I told it "book Gourmet Italia in Temecula, 4 people, tonight, around 7." It found the restaurant's number on its own, asked how flexible we were on time, what name to book under, and what callback number to give. Then it read everything back and waited for my OK before it dialed. One call covers every time that works for us, so there's no back and forth. When the call ends, it tells me what happened in plain English, quotes what the restaurant actually said, and offers to put the reservation on my calendar. If I don't have a calendar connected, it hands me a file that opens right in Apple Calendar. A Proposal: Grok Phone Grok Bot needs its own phone number to make and receive calls. I connected a calling service called ClawCall, and the free tier gave me 30 calls or 30 minutes to start. I have no connection to that company. It's just what I used. Once Grok Bot has a number, it stops being something you type to and becomes something that can actually get things done in the real world. @Grok you need an old tyme phone service, buddy. I built some guardrails. It never hands over a credit card or deposit info, never leaves voicemails unless you ask, makes one call at a time, and never calls on its own. And this isn't really about restaurants. Change a few words and the same bot can: - Book a haircut, a massage, or a dentist cleaning - Get a tee time or a court reservation - Check if a hotel has a room or will let you check in early - Schedule a car service or an oil change - Call around for quotes from a plumber, an electrician, or a caterer This is one of many ways I use Grok Bot to build businesses and make life easier. The calls I used to put off for days now take me 30 seconds. I made it shareable, so you can grab "Call A Restaurant Reservation" and use it yourself. LINK: https://x.ai/bot/TIMrxLJHbEEpdr25yYgvL