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 in physical AI ever recorded.
The financing, announced Wednesday, was projected 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 CoinDesk request for more information.
“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 said it aims to produce 5 million robots by 2030 with orders of around $1.2 billion.
Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, is incorporating its own technology directly into Neura’s systems. The robots will receive their own independent digital wallets, allowing them to receive payments automatically the moment they finish a job. They will also be able to make electronic payments to other machines, eliminating human managers, paperwork and banking delays.
Under the direction of CEO Paolo Ardoino, the El Salvador-based company is investing in a variety of industries outside 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 res
