Tether deepens AI wager, backs Italian agency’s humanoid robots

Stablecoin big Tether has introduced it is likely one of the backers of an $81 million funding spherical for an Italian synthetic intelligence startup aiming to construct superior humanoid robots. 

The 70 million euro funding spherical for startup Generative Bionics was led by the AI fund of CDP Enterprise Capital, with participation from Tether, AMD Ventures, Duferco, Eni Subsequent and RoboIT.

In an announcement on Monday, Tether stated it offered capital to assist the event of superior humanoid robots, “constructed for industrial scale efficiency” and “human-centric interplay.” 

“Tether’s funding will assist the event of Bodily AI methods and edge AI options, and speed up the economic validation of the corporate’s humanoid platform, the event of its first manufacturing facility, and its integration within the broader robotics ecosystem,” Tether stated. 

Generative Bionics is an AI startup and analysis spinoff from the Italian Institute of Know-how. Its focus is on constructing humanoid robots with “real-world bodily AI capabilities” similar to industrial usability in manufacturing unit manufacturing traces. 

“Tether’s assist for Generative Bionics builds on its broader technique to again rising applied sciences that broaden human potential whereas lowering reliance on centralized methods overseen by Huge Tech,” Tether stated.  

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In keeping with Tether, the agency focuses on 5 areas of funding. These embody: finance, energy, knowledge, schooling and evolution, with AI investments similar to these falling below the class of evolution.  

With a wholesome steadiness sheet in 2025, the agency has made a sequence of investments throughout a number of sectors. By way of AI, it was reported in mid-November that the agency was contemplating a hefty $1.15 billion funding in German AI robotics startup Neura.