NEURA’s robotic platforms are expected to integrate the Wallet Development Kit (WDK), embedding self-custodial wallet functionality directly into robotic systems. To be truly autonomous, robots need financial tools. The integration of Tether’s open source WDK lays the groundwork for machines that can earn micropayments for tasks, transact with other systems, or execute economic actions on behalf of humans, all within predefined parameters and without centralized bottlenecks. By embedding self-custodial wallet functionality directly into NEURA’s robotic platforms, the Kit enables machines to receive payment for completed tasks and execute transactions within predefined operational parameters. Settlement becomes part of the workflow itself, rather than a separate human-managed process.
In addition to full deployment of WDK, NEURA will also collaborate in testing, improving and deploying Tether’s QVAC edge-first AI runtime in the Neuraverse, enabling artificial intelligence models to execute locally on device rather than relying entirely on remote cloud infrastructure. Local execution reduces latency, improves operational resilience, and limits dependence on concentrated hyperscale compute providers. In industrial environments where uptime, precision, and data control are critical, this architecture strengthens system reliability. True autonomy requires immediate action. Through QVAC, intelligence remains on the edge, executing locally where milliseconds matter.
Infrastructure built for direct human oversight does not scale efficiently to autonomous intelligence. Payment systems designed around approval chains cannot efficiently serve machines operating at millisecond speeds. Compute models built for centralized workloads strain to provide real-time autonomy. To bridge these gaps, WDK and AI runtimes will integrate directly into the Neuraverse’s comprehensive cloud and edge software platform, better enabling fleets of robots to seamlessly integrate into the economic system, with local intelligence becoming part of workflows.
“As robotics moves beyond scripted automation and into true autonomy, the infrastructure behind it must evolve as well,” said Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether. “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. NEURA Robotics shares that vision, and this investment reflects our confidence in what autonomous robotics can become.”
“AI is moving from the digital world into the physical world. Together with Tether, we see a future where intelligent machines can not only learn and act autonomously, but also coordinate, transact, and create value in a trusted global ecosystem. This partnership is an important step toward building the infrastructure for the next economy, the machine economy,” said David Reger, Founder & CEO of NEURA Robotics.
For Tether, this is a decisive move towards the next industrial frontier. After building the monetary rails that move hundreds of billions of dollars across borders, Tether is now backing the machines that will act, react, and transact in the physical world. This investment continues to push the company beyond digital liquidity and into the space where robotics, edge AI, and embedded financial systems converge. With this investment, Tether continues to position itself inside the core technology stack of the machine economy, backing systems that combine autonomy, on-device AI, and native economic functionality. The focus is no longer only on enabling markets; it is on enabling machines to participate in them.
Tether Investments was advised, among others, by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Legal), Porsche Consulting (Commercial & Operational Due Diligence), and Deloitte (Financial & Tax Due Diligence).
About Tether Investments
Tether Investments is the independent investment arm of Tether, the largest company in the digital assets industry. Based in El Salvador, the company deploys capital from Tether’s profits and excess reserves across a wide range of sectors where technology, infrastructure, and real-world utility intersect.
Its portfolio includes investments in artificial intelligence, financial services, energy, biotechnology, education, and digital media, as well as strategic stakes in industries such as commodities, remittances, and sports and entertainment. Tether Investments supports ventures with long-term potential to improve access, efficiency, and resilience in both emerging and developed markets. Its work supports Tether Group’s broader mission to strengthen decentralized systems, promote infrastructure resilience, and expand real-world access to open, transparent technologies.
About NEURA Robotics
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Metzingen, Germany, NEURA Robotics is a global Physical AI company building the technologies that enable intelligent machines to learn, adapt and work alongside humans in the real world. The company develops cognitive robots that can see, hear, feel and learn, as well as the software, AI and data infrastructure required to deploy them at scale.
NEURA was founded on the belief that the next major technology revolution will not happen on screens, but in the physical world. As aging populations, labor shortages and growing demand for skilled work reshape economies worldwide, Physical AI will become essential to sustaining productivity, prosperity and quality of life.
Today, a large share of global GDP is generated through physical work. NEURA’s mission is to make physical skills scalable by dramatically reducing the time required to teach machines new capabilities and deploy them globally. Through its cognitive robots, NEURA Gyms and the Neuraverse, an open ecosystem where robots continuously learn and share skills, the company is building the foundation for a future in which intelligent machines help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges.
NEURA Robotics is building Physical AI from Europe, together for the world.
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