Tether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company Neura

FinanceShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailTether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company NeuraThe investment is part of the stablecoin giant’s expansion into industries outside of crypto.By Olivier Acuna|Edited by Sheldon Reback Jun 11, 2026, 1:49 p.m. 1 min readMake preferred on What to know: Tether Investments led a $1.4 billion funding round for German startup Neura Robotics, in what it described as one of the largest investments in physical AI to date.The round, which included Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon and NVIDIA, was expected to value Neura around $9 billion-$12 billion.Neura plans to produce 5 million AI-powered humanoid robots by 2030, equipping them with Tether-linked digital wallets so they can be paid for work and make electronic payments autonomously.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 into physical AI on record.The funding, announced Wednesday, was projected to value Neura between $9 billion and nearly $12 billion when it first became 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 responded immediately to a CoinDesk request for further information.“AI is moving from the digital world into 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 about $1.2 billion orders already.Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, is building its own technology right into Neura's systems. The robots will receive their own independent digital wallets, allowing them to be paid automatically the moment they finish a job. They will also be able to make electronic payments to other machines, cutting out human managers, paperwork and bank de…

Tether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company Neura

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