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Rajaram: Robinhood has 13 product lines generating over $100M in revenue each

Gokul Rajaram · Gokul Rajaram: How to Analyse for Durability and Defensibility in a World of AI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Mar 16, 2026 · at 24:46

Gokul Rajaram, investor and board director, compares product line scaling of horizontal financial platforms versus vertical SaaS companies.

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“Robin Hood has 13 product lines now doing over a hundred million in revenue.”

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