Robinhood CEO on the company's evolution: 'We've made a lot of progress' | TechCrunch

Robinhood was founded to “democratize” stock trading, or more simply, to make it more accessible for anyone to trade stocks.

Over time, the now publicly traded company has broadened its offerings allowing users to do far more than just buy shares of stocks.

Last quarter , Robinhood achieved GAAP profitability for the first time, helped by higher interest rates.