Robinhood launches agentic trading beta for 27M users

Robinhood launched an Agentic Trading beta on May 27, 2026, enabling about 27 million funded customers to connect third‑party AI agents, including ChatGPT and Claude, to dedicated sandboxed brokerage accounts that can place and manage equity trades automatically.

Users set up a separate agentic account distinct from their main portfolio and fund it directly. Connected agents access only the funds and positions in that account. Agents connect through Robinhood’s Model Context Protocol servers. The platform provides a real‑time activity feed, profit‑and‑loss data and push notifications for each trade. A one‑tap disconnect option removes agent access immediately.

Robinhood framed the feature as a way to let retail customers run automated strategies. The company provided examples including periodic sector rebalancing for long‑term investors, thematic portfolios focused on areas such as artificial intelligence or semiconductors, and active trading strategies with built‑in backtesting for mean‑reversion approaches. Users may opt into manual trade approvals that require sign‑off before execution.

The company cautioned that agents can misinterpret instructions, act on incomplete or inaccurate data, or lose the full amount deposited in the sandbox account. Robinhood stated that users must accept terms placing responsibility for outcomes on the account holder, and that it does not supervise, control or guarantee the performance of any connected AI agent. Fraud detection systems will run in the background.

The beta supports equities only. Robinhood said it intends to add options, crypto, event contracts and futures after the beta period, but provided no timeline. The company already operates a commission‑free crypto trading service through Robinhood Crypto, LLC and noted that existing infrastructure could support future agentic strategies for digital assets.

Robinhood also introduced an Agentic Credit Card, a virtual Robinhood Gold Card offering 3% cash back and configurable spending limits; the card is a separate product from Agentic Trading. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev described the product as expanding access to automated strategies for everyday investors. The launch comes as regulators increase scrutiny of algorithmic and automated trading and as industry attention on AI governance grows.