Insider Brief
- German robotics startup Neura Robotics is reportedly raising about €1 billion in a new funding round backed by stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings to accelerate development of artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, according to Bloomberg.
- The round could value the company at roughly €4 billion and follows Neura’s €120 million Series B in January 2025 to expand its cognitive and humanoid robotics platforms.
- Over the past year Neura has also formed partnerships with GFT Technologies, HD Hyundai Samho and HD Hyundai Robotics, and Schaeffler to advance software, industrial deployment and actuator technology for humanoid robots.
German robotics startup Neura Robotics is raising about €1 billion ($1.2 billion USD) in a funding round backed by stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings to develop artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, according to Bloomberg.
The financing values the company at roughly €4 billion and could be followed by additional fundraising, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous source familiar with the matter.
In January 2025, NEURA Robotics raised €120 million in a Series B funding round led by Lingotto Investment Management to expand development of its cognitive and humanoid robotics platforms.
Neura Robotics entered into several agreements in 2025 to develop and deploy humanoid robots across industrial applications:
- GFT Technologies was named a strategic partner to help develop software for its next generation of physical AI machines, combining GFT’s expertise in AI, data architecture and regulated software systems with Neura’s robotics platforms.
- HD Hyundai Samho and HD Hyundai Robotics partnered to test humanoid and quadruped robots in shipbuilding operations, evaluating real-world applications aimed at improving safety, productivity and workforce efficiency.
- Schaeffler entered a technology partnership to co-develop compact, high-torque actuators for humanoid robot joints and plans to integrate thousands of Neura robots into its global production network by 2035 while using factory data to train AI models supporting Neura’s Neuraverse platform.
The investment would mark another step in Tether’s push beyond its core cryptocurrency business into artificial intelligence and advanced robotics. The stablecoin issuer has previously backed companies including brain–computer interface developer Blackrock Neurotech in 2024 and Italian robotics startup Generative Bionics in 2025.
Image credit: Neura Robotics
