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By Sam Reynolds|Edited by Parikshit Mishra
May 5, 2025, 10:06 a.m.
- Tether is entering the $25 billion crypto artificial intelligence sector, as announced by its CEO Paolo Ardoino.
- Tether AI is described as a fully open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments without a central point of failure.
- The AI platform will integrate Keet, a peer-to-peer chat platform, but further details about the initiative remain scarce.
Tether is about to enter the $25 billion crypto artificial intelligence sector, according to a post by its CEO Paolo Ardoino on X.
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Tether AI, according to Ardoino, is a “fully open-source AI runtime, capable of adapting and evolving on any hardware and device, no API keys, no central point of failure, fully modular and composable, WDK-infused to enable USDT and Bitcoin payments.”
WDK is Tether’s Wallet Development Kit, a modular software development kit that enables businesses and developers to integrate non-custodial wallets and user experiences for Bitcoin and USDT across any app, website, or device, Ardoino explained in a November post on X.
On its Tether.ai website, Tether says its AI platform will integrate Keet, a peer-to-peer chat platform. Not much else is known about Tether’s AI initiative.
CoinGecko’s index of AI tokens is trading flat after the announcement.
Sam Reynolds is a senior reporter based in Asia. Sam was part of the CoinDesk team that won the 2023 Gerald Loeb award in the breaking news category for coverage of FTX’s collapse. Prior to CoinDesk, he was a reporter with Blockworks and a semiconductor analyst with IDC.
