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The Robinhood founder who might just revolutionize energy (if he succeeds)


Baiju Bhatt is building something the space industry has largely dismissed, and it might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. When Baiju Bhatt

When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as Chief Creative Officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move: launching a space company built around tech that much of the aerospace industry has written off as impractical. He says that his dad, who worked as an optometrist in India, spent a decade applying to graduate physics programs in the United States, eventually taking a hard left turn and landing at NASA as a research scientist. Importantly, like Musk, who moved from payments to revolutionize electric vehicles and space travel, Bhatt believes his outsider perspective “is actually an advantage,” he said, echoing how fresh eyes sometimes see what industry veterans miss.

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