Baiju Bhatt

Co-Founder, Robinhood Markets

Search every verified Baiju Bhatt interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood, has been promoting his new ventures, Aetherflux and Cowboy Space Corporation, which he described as a space-based energy company. In multiple interviews, Bhatt stated that the company aims to address what he called the "AI energy crisis" by building vertically integrated data centers in orbit and developing a "power grid in space." He said the first application for this technology would be to power remote Department of Defense installations, arguing that eliminating fuel transport to the battlefield would reduce danger. Bhatt also said that his motivation for starting the company came from a belief that the space industry had been "by the government, for the government, at government prices" and that he wanted to "increase the commercial envelope of space." Reflecting on his time at Robinhood, Bhatt said the company was founded during the Occupy Wall Street era with the thesis that a generation of young people would start investing if given a product they wanted to use. He described the company's mission as putting "the power of capitalism in people's pockets." Bhatt also offered advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, urging them to "stop talking to me and go work on your idea" and stating that "if you dream small, guess what? Get ready to live small." He attributed success in entrepreneurship to having "almost an irrational belief in yourself."