Tether continues to expand beyond the stubcoin business with a new push to artificial intelligence.
On May 5th, Tether CEO Paolo Aldoino announced that the company would run out of time. Start Tether.aian open source AI platform designed for a variety of devices.
The announcement comes as the edge of the company’s flagship Stablecoin, USDT, towards a record $150 billion distribution milestone.
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Ardoino described Tether.ai as a project aimed at providing personalized, adaptive intelligence.
According to Ardoino, the goal is to create a technology foundation that reflects classic science fiction, particularly the imaginative AI systems that Isaac Asimov envisions.
He said:
“ai Intention It becomes, in come Decades, part of very fabric of universe. Ours technology Intention Become open sauce, Transparent, Scalable, and Competent of Adaptation and evolution Above Any device, Regardless of Hardware. ”
The company is already working on AI Software Development Kits (SDKs) to support the platform.
Tether plans to deploy applications that function locally on the user’s device. These include language translation tools, privacy-focused voice assistants and Bitcoin wallet AI companions. All of these are designed to be self-supporting and less reliant on cloud-based services.
As part of its AI roadmap, Tether is also working on a distributed messaging app called Keet.
According to Tether’s website, Keet is built to provide secure peer-to-peer communications without relying on central servers. The project addresses concerns about data sovereignty, especially in a world where important communications are often routed through several large tech companies.
Tether’s ambitions in the AI space go even further. The company recently disclosed research on neural technology through its research unit, Tether Data.
In February, Ardoino revealed that the team had created an electrocortical contrast (ECOG) plugin that could convert brain signals to text. This development supports future interbrain interfaces and opens the door to advanced assistive technologies.
USDT approaches a new ATH
Tether is exploring cutting-edge AI, and its core USDT Stablecoin products continue to grow.
Data from Cryptoslate shows that USDT supply reached $149.3 billion in press times, up about 10% in 2025 alone.
According to the company’s latest certification report, these assets are primarily supported by US Treasury assets. The company holds nearly $120 billion in the US Treasury, including indirect exposures through money market funds and repo agreements.
