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Robinhood took the stage in Houston on September 29, 2026, and effectively told active traders it wants to hand them the toolkit of a hedge fund. At its HOOD Summit event, the company unveiled Robinhood AI trading agents built directly into its app, alongside plans for weekend stock trading, leveraged crypto perpetual futures, and a new way to bet on corporate earnings. It’s the most aggressive expansion Robinhood has attempted since it began chasing the “active trader” label, and it blurs the line between a retail brokerage app and the kind of infrastructure typically reserved for institutional desks. Key takeaways Robinhood launched Robinhood Agents, AI trading assistants embedded in the app that can research markets, build strategies, and execute trades using OpenAI or Anthropic models. Agent Apps give those agents access to institutional-grade data from 11 outside providers, including Unusual Whales, Nasdaq, and Token Terminal, each with a one-month free trial. Pending regulatory review, Robinhood plans 24/7 weekend trading for a curated list of U.S. stocks and ETFs, powered by Bruce ATS. Eligible U.S. customers will soon be able to trade crypto perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage on bitcoin and ether through Robinhood Derivatives and Bitstamp. New earnings contracts on company KPIs and extended options hours round out the announcements. Robinhood Unveils AI-Powered Trading Agents Robinhood’s answer to the AI moment in finance is an assistant that lives inside the brokerage app rather than bolted onto it. Starting this week, the company’s roughly 29 million customers gain access to trading agents powered by OpenAI and Anthropic models, according to reporting from Fortune. Users can pick from options such as OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6 Sol, or Anthropic’s Opus 4.8, name their agent, and give it plain-English instructions ranging from a simple “buy $200 of Ford stock” to far more…