Tether Investments said it led a $1.4 billion funding round for Neura Robotics, a German startup developing AI-powered humanoid robots, in what it called one of the largest investments ever in physical AI.
The financing, announced Wednesday, was expected to value Neura between $9 billion and nearly $12 billion when it was first made public last November. Other participants in the round included Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon and NVIDIA, Neura said in a post on its website.
Neither Tether nor Neura immediately responded to a request for further information from CoinDesk.
“AI is moving from the digital world to the physical world,” David Reger, founder and CEO of Neura Robotics, said in a statement. The company recently announced its goal of producing 5 million robots by 2030, with orders already worth around $1.2 billion.
Tether, the issuer of the stablecoin USDT, integrates its own technology directly into Neura’s systems. Bots will receive their own independent digital wallets, allowing them to get paid automatically as soon as they complete their work. They will also be able to make electronic payments to other machines, eliminating human resources, paperwork and banking delays.
Under the leadership of CEO Paolo Ardoino, the El Salvador-based company is spending across a range of industries outside of the immediate crypto sector. Its growing portfolio includes investments in agriculture, brain technology and sports. The company made more than $10 billion in profits in the first nine months of 2025 by investing in resources
