Where does Baiju Bhatt work?

Baiju Bhatt is Co-founder of Robinhood and Co-founder at Cowboy Space Corporation.

What companies did Baiju Bhatt found?

Baiju Bhatt founded Robinhood, Cowboy Space Corporation.

Baiju Bhatt

Unicorn founder

Co-founder at Robinhood · Founder at Cowboy Space Corporation

San Francisco, CA

FoundedRobinhood$99.3B Cowboy Space Corporation

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About

Baiju Bhatt co-founded Robinhood with Vlad Tenev in 2013 after the two had built high-frequency trading software together, and served as co-CEO and then Chief Creative Officer through the 2021 IPO. He left in 2024 to found Aetherflux, a space-based solar power company, returning to the physics he studied at Stanford.

Beyond investing

Education: Read physics at Stanford and took a master's in mathematics there, completing it in 2008.
Family: Son of Gujarati immigrants, raised in Poquoson, Virginia; his father was a scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center.

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Founder at Cowboy Space Corporation

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Co-founder at Robinhood

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1/1 CapitalMiami Beach 9Yards CapitalNew York · $100K – $10M checks ACME CapitalSan Francisco AlgerNew York Amplo VenturesSpring Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks at.inc/San Francisco BLN CapitalBerlin · $55K – $550K checks CapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checks Celesta CapitalMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks ChamaeleonSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checks Commonweal VenturesNew York · $500K – $2.5M checks Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks ElefundMountain View Firestreak Ventures Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco Friends Family CapitalSilicon Valley Graph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checks GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks ICONIQSan Francisco Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checks IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks JuniperoMiami Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Kortschak Investments L.P.Aspen LAUNCHSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checks MastrySan Francisco MDT VenturesChicago Menlo GroupMenlo Park Moonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checks Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks Muse CapitalLos Angeles · $100K – $1M checks New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks NKM CapitalSan Francisco Pathlight VenturesOld Bridge · $500K – $5M checks PruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checks Rainfall VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks Rogue Insight CapitalMarkham Rothenberg VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks Social LeverageScottsdale · $1M – $2M checks Sound VenturesSanta Monica SquareOne CapitalMiami Susa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks The Players' Impact Toba CapitalIrvine · $1M – $10M checks Unusual VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $15M checks W venturesBerlin · $696K – $64M checks

Co-founders at Robinhood

Vlad TenevCo-founder & CEO

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Baiju Bhatt

From Robinhood To Rockets: Baiju Bhatt’s New Innovation Frontier

Forbes

Why the Co-Founder of Robinhood is working on Space Datacenters | Baiju Bhatt, Aetherflux

Relentless

Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt’s next frontier is among the stars | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch

Baiju Bhatt - Robinhood Co-Founder is Beaming Solar Power from Space | SRS #223

Shawn Ryan Show

Baiju Bhatt on raising Robinhood’s seed round and being rejected over 70 investors

Startup Archive

Robinhood Co-founder Baiju Bhatt on the Journey to $40B, Building Space Solar Power with Lasers

The Peel with Turner Novak

Frequently asked questions

Who is Baiju Bhatt?: Baiju Bhatt co-founded Robinhood with Vlad Tenev in 2013 after the two had built high-frequency trading software together, and served as co-CEO and then Chief Creative Officer through the 2021 IPO. He left in 2024 to found Aetherflux, a space-based solar power company, returning to the physics he studied at Stanford.
Where does Baiju Bhatt work?: Baiju Bhatt is Co-founder of Robinhood and Co-founder at Cowboy Space Corporation.
What companies did Baiju Bhatt found?: Baiju Bhatt founded Robinhood, Cowboy Space Corporation.
What podcasts and interviews feature Baiju Bhatt?: Tracked appearances include "From Robinhood To Rockets: Baiju Bhatt’s New Innovation Frontier", "Why the Co-Founder of Robinhood is working on Space Datacenters | Baiju Bhatt, Aetherflux", "Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt’s next frontier is among the stars | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025", and 3 more.

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