Tether Jumps Into AI Race With Open-Source Platform, Planned Bitcoin and USDT Payments

Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin USDT, today announced Tether AI, an open-source artificial intelligence platform set to launch later this year. The platform aims to merge cryptocurrency with AI technology through decentralized applications running directly on user devices.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino revealed the initiative through a series of posts on X, describing Tether AI as "personal infinite intelligence" designed to operate without centralized control. "A fully open-source AI runtime, capable to adapt and evolve on any hardware and device."

If Tether's AI vision comes to fruition, then users could delegate complex cryptocurrency operations to AI agents that work seamlessly within a decentralized ecosystem. Rather than manually managing wallets, interacting with blockchain addresses, or building decentralized applications, users could simply rely on these AI agents to handle these technical aspects.

The key advantage is twofold: end users would gain access to sophisticated financial tools through intuitive AI interfaces, while developers would benefit from a common framework for creating interoperable financial applications. These applications could communicate and interact with each other directly in a peer-to-peer fashion, without depending on centralized infrastructure or intermediaries