Your AI agent can now trade for you on Robinhood. And buy stuff with your credit card too

Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder of Robinhood, speaks during the Robinhood Markets, Inc. event in New York City, U.S., March 4, 2026. David Dee Delgado | Reuters Retail investors may soon be able to hand the keys to their portfolios, and even their wallet, to artificial intelligence. Robinhood unveiled tools on Wednesday that let AI agents trade stocks and make purchases on users' behalf, marking one of the first attempts to bring autonomous finance technology to ordinary investors rather than institutions. The new products — Agentic Trading and an Agentic Credit Card — allow customers to connect third-party AI assistants to carry out investing strategies or spending instructions with minimal human involvement. Users can instruct agents to rebalance portfolios, monitor themes such as AI stocks or execute trading strategies automatically. Separate AI agents can also search for deals and complete purchases using designated credit cards. "Our mission has always been to democratize finance for all, and now, that mission extends to AI agents," CEO Vlad Tenev said in a statement. The rollout comes as hedge funds and exchange-traded fund providers increasingly deploy AI-driven and quantitative systems to automate investment decisions, but such technology has largely remained out of reach for retail customers. …