Tether, Nvidia and Amazon Back Humanoid Robotics Firm NEURA in $1.4 Billion Funding Round

Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT, announced Wednesday it had led a financing round of up to $1.4 billion into NEURA Robotics, a German humanoid robotics firm. It’s billed as one of the largest private investment rounds ever recorded in the physical AI and humanoid robot sectors.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Metzingen, Germany, NEURA Robotics develops a broad portfolio of robotic systems, including humanoids, precision robotic arms, autonomous mobile robots, and service robots designed for environments where humans and machines work side by side.

Other investors in the round alongside Tether include Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm Technologies, Bosch, imec.xpand, Schaeffler, European Investment Bank, Lingotto Horizon, and InterAlpen Partners.

“The future of AI will not only live on screens,” said NEURA Robotics founder and CEO David Reger, in a statement. “It will move, interact, learn and work beside us in the real world. We believe physical AI and cognitive robotics will become one of the largest technology shifts of the coming decades, transforming industries ranging from manufacturing and logistics to healthcare, services, and household robotics.”

Beyond the capital commitment, Tether will deploy some of its core technologies into NEURA’s ecosystem. That includes its open-source wallet development kit (WDK), which would embed self-custodial wallet functionality directly into robotic platforms, allowing machines to receive payment for completed tasks and execute transactions within predefined operational parameters—making financial settlement part of the workflow itself.

Tether will also integrate its QVAC edge AI runtime into NEURA’s Neuraverse software platform. QVAC enables AI models to execute locally on a device rather than relying on remote cloud infrastructure, reducing latency, improving operational resilience, and limiting dependence on large centralized compute providers—a critical capability in industrial environments where uptime and precision are paramount.

“As robotics moves beyond scripted automation and into true autonomy, the infrastructure behind it must evolve as well,” said Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, in a statement. “Autonomous machines need the ability to process information locally, make decisions, and transact without relying on centralized intermediaries.”

“QVAC brings that edge-first intelligence to the platform while WDK handles the secure financial layer, together enabling machines to execute tasks, account for outcomes, and operate independently,” he added. “NEURA Robotics shares that vision, and this investment reflects our confidence in what autonomous robotics can become.”