Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev: AI Will Foster Job Creation, Not Job Loss
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says artificial intelligence is doing ‘interesting’ things and discusses the next phase of retail investing on ‘FOX Business In Depth.’
As concerns mount over the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to eliminate jobs, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev offers a different perspective. He believes that AI will not lead to job losses but will instead redefine the nature of work itself.
Tenev asserts that AI will catalyze an influx of new jobs and entirely new job categories. “AI will lead to an explosion of not just new jobs, but new job families,” he stated during an interview with FOX Business’ Charles Payne on “FOX Business In Depth: The A.I. Arms Race.”
He draws parallels between today’s AI advancements and historical shifts in labor, likening the current transition to the move from agricultural and factory work to office and digital roles over the last century.
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Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Token2049 conference in Singapore on Oct. 2. (Getty Images)
“Maybe 100 years ago, our ancestors would be looking at what you and I are doing right now, which is sort of like talking to each other digitally about AI. They think, you know, that’s not real work,” Tenev remarked.
He believes that future generations will view emerging job families and opportunities in a similar light. “I think in the same way that they’d probably not think of what we’re doing as real work, we’re [going to] look ahead at the job families and job opportunities in the future,” he added.
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According to Tenev, these future roles may encompass new forms of investing and trading that many currently do not consider as viable full-time careers. “Maybe that’s not real work,” he reiterated.
Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, England, on July 8. (Getty Images)
“But to the people of the future, it’ll definitely feel very real and stressful, and it’ll have with it all of the feelings that we get about our jobs,” he added.
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Tenev emphasizes that technological disruption has historically reshaped work norms rather than erasing them. While similar shifts have occurred in the past, he notes that the current pace of change is unprecedented.
“Even though we’ve seen disruption like this in the past, we have a feeling that it’s going to be more rapid,” he stated. “The velocity, the rate of change, and the acceleration makes us very nervous.”
Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, United Kingdom, on Nov. 29, 2023. (Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Automation and AI have already begun to replace certain professional tasks, with companies like Amazon and Salesforce citing it as a contributing factor to recent layoffs.
These changes have sparked concerns in Washington, where a December 2025 Senate report identified fast-food, customer service, and executive assistant roles as among the most susceptible to automation.
Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev explains how prediction markets have become the ‘fastest growing business of all time’ and discusses their future on ‘Making Money.’
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says artificial intelligence is doing ‘interesting’ things and discusses the next phase of retail investing on ‘FOX Business In Depth.’
As concerns mount over the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to eliminate jobs, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev offers a different perspective. He believes that AI will not lead to job losses but will instead redefine the nature of work itself.
Tenev asserts that AI will catalyze an influx of new jobs and entirely new job categories. “AI will lead to an explosion of not just new jobs, but new job families,” he stated during an interview with FOX Business’ Charles Payne on “FOX Business In Depth: The A.I. Arms Race.”
He draws parallels between today’s AI advancements and historical shifts in labor, likening the current transition to the move from agricultural and factory work to office and digital roles over the last century.
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Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Token2049 conference in Singapore on Oct. 2. (Getty Images)
“Maybe 100 years ago, our ancestors would be looking at what you and I are doing right now, which is sort of like talking to each other digitally about AI. They think, you know, that’s not real work,” Tenev remarked.
He believes that future generations will view emerging job families and opportunities in a similar light. “I think in the same way that they’d probably not think of what we’re doing as real work, we’re [going to] look ahead at the job families and job opportunities in the future,” he added.
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According to Tenev, these future roles may encompass new forms of investing and trading that many currently do not consider as viable full-time careers. “Maybe that’s not real work,” he reiterated.
Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, England, on July 8. (Getty Images)
“But to the people of the future, it’ll definitely feel very real and stressful, and it’ll have with it all of the feelings that we get about our jobs,” he added.
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Tenev emphasizes that technological disruption has historically reshaped work norms rather than erasing them. While similar shifts have occurred in the past, he notes that the current pace of change is unprecedented.
“Even though we’ve seen disruption like this in the past, we have a feeling that it’s going to be more rapid,” he stated. “The velocity, the rate of change, and the acceleration makes us very nervous.”
Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, United Kingdom, on Nov. 29, 2023. (Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Automation and AI have already begun to replace certain professional tasks, with companies like Amazon and Salesforce citing it as a contributing factor to recent layoffs.
These changes have sparked concerns in Washington, where a December 2025 Senate report identified fast-food, customer service, and executive assistant roles as among the most susceptible to automation.
Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev explains how prediction markets have become the ‘fastest growing business of all time’ and discusses their future on ‘Making Money.’
