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Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder of Aetherflux, shares insights on building transformative companies in fintech and aerospace at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
Despite the trauma I’ve endured, I’ve grown my financial services company to manage over $3 billion in assets and learned that trauma became my greatest teacher for how to navigate business.