#223 Baiju Bhatt - Co-Founder of Robinhood & CEO of Aetherflux

In this episode of the Shawn Ryan Show, host Shawn Ryan interviews Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder of Aetherflux. They discuss a wide range of topics, beginning with the role of alcohol in society and transitioning to Bhatt's upbringing, his father's influence as a NASA scientist, and the challenges his family faced. Bhatt shares his journey into physics and math, leading to his role in co-founding Robinhood and revolutionizing the stock market. The conversation covers the GameStop saga and then shifts to Bhatt's new venture, Aetherflux, which aims to harness solar energy from space and beam it to Earth, diving into the technical aspects of the project, its potential applications, and the broader implications for the future of energy and space exploration. They also explore philosophical questions about higher powers, consciousness, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.