Robinhood opens AI agent stock-trading beta, will add crypto

Robinhood on Wednesday opened a beta that allows customers to connect AI agents to trade U.S. equities on its platform. The pilot keeps agent activity separate from customers' main portfolios and displays actions in a real-time activity feed.

Customers can build or connect their own AI agents and grant them access to place trades and make credit card purchases. According to Robinhood, the integration uses the company's Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for faster connectivity and includes built-in safety controls.

Agents can automate investing and credit-card decisions while remaining physically separate from a user's primary portfolio, a design Robinhood described as limiting unintended exposure. The company also highlighted that agents can connect directly to Robinhood without unofficial application programming interfaces or workarounds.

The beta is limited to equities as Robinhood tests agent behavior, safety features and systems integration. The firm did not provide a timetable for when agents will be allowed to trade tokens or other crypto assets.

Robinhood reported roughly a 50% decline in crypto-related revenue and trading volume in the first quarter of 2026. The firm completed the acquisition of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp last year for about $200 million.

Interest in agentic trading — where software agents execute trades and payments on behalf of users — has grown as platforms explore automated trading and payment flows. Some digital-asset platforms are developing agents that trade crypto and use stablecoin rails for transactions.

Vlad Tenev, Robinhood's chief executive, wrote in a statement, “Our mission has always been to democratize finance for all, and now, that mission extends to AI agents,” and described the feature as a way for users to manage investments and spending “safely and autonomously.”