- Tether AI supports USDT and Bitcoin payments with no central point of failure.
- Tether AI runtime powers peer-to-peer agent networks on any device without central control.
- Tether AI integrates Keet and WDK for secure crypto transactions and modular AI functions.
Tether, the company behind the largest stablecoin USDT, is expanding into artificial intelligence. On May 5, CEO Paolo Ardoino announced Tether AI, a new open-source AI runtime designed to work across hardware and support integrated crypto payments.
The platform aims to create a decentralized peer-to-peer network of AI agents that use Tether’s Wallet Development Kit (WDK) to process transactions in USDT and Bitcoin.
Ardoino shared the announcement on X, describing the product as a fully modular AI system without centralized infrastructure. “Tether AI tech will enable an unstoppable peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents,” he stated. The technology is expected to operate without API keys, allowing for broader accessibility and functionality.
AI Runtime to Enable Peer-to-Peer Agent Communication
The Tether AI system is a decentralized, hardware-agnostic system that operates across different hardware without limitations and supports composable functionality. The AI runtime will integrate Keet, a peer-to-peer encryption platform that Tether currently supports. This integration may allow AI agents to communicate and transact securely across decentralized networks.
Tether.ai serves as the platform hosting the project, through which developers can create agent-based communication that uses real-time data analytics and natural language processing capabilities. The product expands AI usage in blockchain applications and machine-to-machine transactions, with more implementation details to come.
Tether Expands Into AI Amid Growing Market Interest
Tether’s entrance into the $25 billion AI and crypto market follows several prior investments in the space. Notably, the firm decided to invest strategically in Northern Data, which operates data centers in Germany, in September 2023. Two months after the initial strategic investment, Northern Data secured $610 million in debt financing from the Tether Group to expand its infrastructure.
The development of Tether AI follows market trends in the crypto sector. Developers use AI agents and machine learning tools to automate trading, create decentralized applications, and conduct in-depth crypto market analysis. Tether released the WDK in 2023 as a key component for integrating crypto payments into the AI framework.
Ardoino stressed that Tether AI will be fully open-source and free from centralized control points. The scheduled launch date of the product is unknown, although its announcement received significant attention because Tether continues its expansion from stablecoin development into creating infrastructure and software.
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