1. API returns
meow- /marketdata/
- /catpay/
The strongest find: Robinhood-controlled production endpoints reportedly return plain-text
meow. Direct probing was DNS-blocked here.2. CEO cat post
- Vlad Tenev: “Happy #NationalCatDay from Robinhood HQ”
3. Tiger, Inc. =
$MEOW- Official options primer
Robinhood repeatedly teaches options using fictional Tiger, Inc., ticker MEOW, including $128 stock, $140 calls, and $120 puts.
4.
$MEOW + $PURR- Tax-loss harvesting example
Robinhood’s fictional portfolio pairs MEOW with PURR.
5. MEOW in the Options Knowledge Center
- Official page
Another official options example uses MEOW.
6. Internal
catpay experiment- Robinhood Kaizen endpoint
Contains the internal experiment name
crypto-web-catpay-signup.7. Historical “Meow Enterprises”
- Archived Robinhood examples documented here
Older Robinhood educational material used Meow Enterprises in a stock-lending example.
TL;DR: Robinhood has a long-running internal cat joke: two API endpoints say
meow, official education repeatedly uses MEOW/PURR, internal experiments use catpay, and even the CEO posted cat content from HQ.
