Robinhood CFO: Retail IPO Demand, AI Agents and Prediction Market Growth

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CFO Shiv Verma on retail demand for Anthropic’s IPO, rising customer interest in AI trading agents, and surging non-sports activity on Robinhood’s prediction markets.

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Robinhood CFO Shiv Verma said retail customers are actively asking for IPO access and the firm is pushing to keep retail on the cap table for big offerings like Anthropic’s, a concrete reminder that retail distribution remains a competitive lever. He also confirmed rising customer demand for AI-driven, agentic trading tools, automated assistants that can place orders or suggest strategies, and flagged growing non-sports activity on Robinhood’s prediction markets, an operational detail that suggests new product use cases are emerging.