Tether invests in Generative Bionics humanoid robotics round

Tether Investments has taken part in a €70 million funding round for Generative Bionics, an Italian Institute of Technology spinoff focused on industrial-scale humanoid robots and advanced artificial intelligence.

The investment, announced on Monday, is part of Tether’s stated strategy to expand into technologies that reinforce global digital and physical infrastructure and support applications that augment human capabilities.

Generative Bionics draws on 20 years of robotics work at the Italian Institute of Technology, where more than 60 humanoid prototypes have been built and used as research platforms worldwide, Tether highlighted. And, it holds exclusive licences to key technologies developed at the institute and with corporate partners.

The Italian company has brought about 70 engineers and AI scientists from the institute into its technical team, alongside specialists in industrialisation, certification and manufacturing, giving it more than 600 cumulative years of experience in Physical AI and robotics, Tether noted.

Tether Investments, the investment arm of the digital asset company, said its capital will help advance Physical AI systems and edge AI solutions, speed up industrial validation of Generative Bionics’ humanoid platform.

Funds will also support the company’s first production facility and integration into the wider robotics ecosystem, it added.

Generative Bionics plans to launch initial industrial deployment programmes in early 2026 across sectors including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and retail, while its first complete humanoid robot concept is scheduled to debut internationally at CES in Las Vegas.

“Tether invests in technologies that strengthen global digital and physical infrastructure and expand human potential,” chief executive Paolo Ardoino said, adding that “Generative Bionics is building one of the most advanced platforms emerging from Europe.”

The investment follows Tether’s backing of other emerging technologies such as brain-computer interfaces at Blackrock Neurotech and a collaboration with Northern Data and Rumble to deploy a 20,000-GPU compute network for open, privacy-focused AI development.

The recap

• Tether Investments joins €70 million funding round for Generative Bionics.
• Generative Bionics leverages two decades of Italian Institute robotics research.
• Initial industrial deployment programmes expected in early 2026 across sectors.