The cat was
always there.
Before Robinhood was Robinhood, it was CashCat. Murals in the halls, figurines on the desks, a tiny winking cat hidden in the app. A ritual survived: anything felt off? Put a cat on it.
The lore
Three receipts, one ritualCashCat, not just a name
Before Robinhood was Robinhood, it flirted with a name — CashCat. The name faded. The cat did not.
Cat murals on the walls
Employees remember them everywhere. Murals in the halls, figurines on the desks, a whole feline HQ hidden in plain sight.
The hidden winking cat
At the end of the old app's home-screen card lived a tiny winking cat. Users who scrolled far enough got the joke.
“The ritual was simple. Anything felt off? Put a cat on it.”
— internal Robinhood lore
Don’t take our word for it.
Interview with Manuela Rios, early PM at Robinhood
“On the cat culture inside Robinhood — the murals, the figurines, the ritual of putting a cat on it.”
manual.compoundplanning.comThe winking cat hidden in the app card
“The exact cat illustration that lived at the bottom of the Robinhood home-screen card. The one we're all here for.”
dribbble.com$CATONIT
Put A Cat On It. A ritual, ticker'd. Doing finance differently — one cat at a time.
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