Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Robinhood, once best known for commission-free stock trading, is positioning itself as a broader financial platform that spans investing, banking, credit, crypto, retirement and prediction markets. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Abhishek Fatehpuria, Robinhood’s vice president of product management for brokerage, will discuss how shifting consumer expectations and new technologies are altering product design and trust dynamics in finance.

The company has been pushing into new areas such as AI-powered investing tools (including Cortex and Agentic Trading), private markets, and international expansion. Robinhood reported 28.6 million funded customers and $384 billion in total platform assets at the end of August 2026. In Q2, the firm said nearly 100,000 customers had opened Agentic Trading accounts, enabling trades in equities, options and crypto via AI agents.

Usage of non-trading products is growing: Robinhood Banking held more than $3 billion in deposits, the credit card business exceeded $100 million in annualized revenue, and prediction markets had traded more than 3.5 billion contracts through Q2. The company also reported that 4.7 billion event contracts were traded in August alone, a 15x increase year-over-year, highlighting rapid uptake in some newer offerings.

Fatehpuria’s Disrupt session aims to explore what it takes to expand product scope without eroding the customer experience that initially attracted users. The discussion is pitched to founders, investors and product leaders interested in prioritization, trust, and the behavioral signals that indicate which features and expectations will migrate across financial services. TechCrunch Disrupt runs October 13–15 at Moscone West; attendees can register to save up to $200 before September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, with additional group discounts available.