Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, is reportedly close to finalizing a major investment in the German humanoid-robotics startup Neura Robotics. According to the Financial Times on November 14, 2025, the deal being discussed is worth around €1 billion, marking one of Tether’s boldest steps yet as it expands beyond digital assets and into high-technology industries.
Neura Robotics is known for developing advanced “cognitive” robots capable of processing vision, touch, and artificial intelligence simultaneously. Earlier in 2025, the company sought to raise up to €1 billion, and Tether’s proposed investment would place Neura’s valuation somewhere between €8 billion and €10 billion. If completed, the deal would be among Europe’s largest robotics financings in recent years.
This move also reflects Tether’s evolving investment strategy. Through its venture arm, Tether Evo, the company has been aggressively diversifying into artificial intelligence, renewable energy, neurotechnology, and robotics. The prospective partnership with Neura fits this broader mission of expanding into real-world technological infrastructure rather than remaining exclusively tied to stablecoins.
Challenges and Future Outlook
However, the opportunity comes with significant challenges. The Financial Times notes that scaling humanoid robots remains an extremely complex process, dependent on advanced manufacturing capacity, specialized supply chains, and uncertain timelines for commercial rollout. Neura’s high valuation ultimately relies on how quickly it can bring its robots into mass production, a task that has proven difficult even for the industry’s biggest players.
As of November 15, 2025, neither Tether nor Neura Robotics has publicly confirmed the structure or final size of the investment. Sources familiar with the talks described the negotiations as “advanced,” but details are still being finalized.