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See our ethics statement.Image: Alex Castro / The VergeEmma RothCloseEmma RothPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Robinhood is opening its trading platform to AI agents. In an announcement on Wednesday, Robinhood says traders can now create a separate account for an AI agent and add a specific amount of money, allowing the agent to buy and sell stocks across the market.The company pitches the feature as a way for traders to automate investment decisions, such as having an agent monitor specific industries and make trades, or rebalancing an existing portfolio. But it comes with a big warning from Robinhood:Agentic trading involves significant risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. AI-driven strategies may perform poorly under certain market conditions, move quickly, and may be difficult to monitor or stop in real time… Robinhood does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of any agent output, and is not responsible for losses resulting from agent-generated decisions.Though companies like Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic view AI agents as the future, the technology isn’t quite living up to the hype of serving as full-fledged personal assistants capable of completing an array of tasks without human intervention. AI agents can be useful for coding, but asking them to buy things on your behalf or fill out online forms often isn’t efficient or accurate.Users can set up an AI agent with its own trading account and a specific amount of funds. Image: RobinhoodRobinhood says users will receive push notifications every time their AI agent makes a trade, view a real-time activity feed in its app, and pause AI trades at any time. Users can link AI agents to the platform through the model context protocol (MCP), an open standard that connects AI systems to apps and data. It’s rolling out in beta with support for equities, but Robinhood plans on expanding it to options, cryptocurrency, event contracts, futures, and more.That’s not the only AI integration Robinhood is launching, as it will also give Robinhood Gold Card customers the ability to connect an AI-powered agent to a virtual credit card. Users will be able to choose how much money the AI agent has access to and tell it what to shop for. From there, the AI agent will search the web for deals and make purchases. As an example, Robinhood says a sneaker fan could tell an AI agent to buy a new release when its price drops below $300, while a pet owner could ask it to purchase a five-star-rated dog toy under $30.Robinhood says users can opt in to manually approve each credit card purchase, and “when appropriate,” agents will preview trades as well.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma RothCloseEmma RothNews WriterPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Emma RothAICloseAIPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All AINewsCloseNewsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All NewsMost PopularMost PopularJony Ive’s Ferrari looks nothing like a FerrariGoogle Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back insteadUber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’Nvidia has retired its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 yearsYou’re about to feel the AI money squeezeThe Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)Sign UpBy submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice. 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Robinhood is introducing a feature that allows users to utilize AI agents for trading stocks, enabling agents to buy and sell assets across the market. The company proposes this functionality as a means to automate investment decisions, such as having an agent monitor specific industries or manage portfolio rebalancing. However, Robinhood issues a significant warning emphasizing that agentic trading carries substantial risk, including the possibility of losing an entire investment. The company explicitly states that AI-driven strategies may underperform in certain market conditions, operate with high speed, and present challenges for real-time monitoring or intervention. Furthermore, Robinhood disclaims responsibility for any losses resulting from decisions generated by these agents, asserting that it does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the agent's output.

The integration of AI agents into the platform involves several operational mechanisms. Users have the ability to establish separate trading accounts for their agents and allocate specific funds to them. Communication between the AI agent and the platform is facilitated through the model context protocol, an open standard designed to connect AI systems with applications and data. Users will receive push notifications regarding agent trades, have access to a real-time activity feed within the application, and retain the capability to pause any agent trades at any time. Currently, this feature is in a beta rollout with support for equities, and Robinhood plans to expand this capability to encompass options, cryptocurrency, event contracts, futures, and other financial instruments.

Beyond stock trading, Robinhood is also integrating AI agents with its Gold Card services. This integration allows users to connect an AI agent to a virtual credit card, giving the agent access to a specified amount of money and the ability to search the web for deals to make purchases. For instance, users could instruct an agent to purchase a specific item when its price drops below a certain threshold, such as a sneaker release or a dog toy. The system incorporates safeguards where users can manually approve each credit card purchase, and agents are designed to preview potential trades when appropriate. The article notes that while other major technology companies view AI agents as a future direction, the current level of capability still falls short of functioning as fully autonomous personal assistants capable of complex, unassisted tasks.