Tether backs AIsa for AI-agent payments and Saber Money for cross-border transfers

Tether Capital has made two investments aimed at stablecoin-based infrastructure: AIsa, which lets AI agents access data, software, computing resources, and payments through one interface, and Saber Money, which builds cross-border payment rails in Asia and Gulf countries. For high-risk PSPs, the interesting part is not the AI angle; it is that Tether is backing payment flows where traditional merchant logic breaks down.

1. The investment in AIsa was announced on 15 October, with neither the amount nor the stake size disclosed. AIsa is built for automated applications that need temporary access to tools designed for humans, such as subscriptions, personalized API agreements, and cash accounts.
2. Through AIsa, developers can connect agents to a specified number of APIs, models, and programs using one credential. Payment is usage-based and can be made in normal currencies or stablecoins. The company says it has more than 250,000 active agents on the platform and that those agents have carried out over 100 million processes.
3. Tether Chief Executive Officer Paolo Ardoino tied the deal to giving people control over what autonomous systems may purchase. The investment also fits Tether’s recent pattern: the company previously backed robotics firm NEURA Robotics and is widening its exposure to infrastructure serving AI systems.
4. In parallel, Tether and Titan Fund, an investment vehicle of CMCC Global, supported Saber Money. Saber builds payment infrastructure that lets financial institutions, fintechs, and businesses move money internationally using stablecoins, with the capital earmarked for new regulatory licenses, banking partnerships, and payment products for companies in emerging markets.
5. Saber already holds licenses, registrations, and authorizations in Canada, the European Union, India, and Australia. Its corporate group operates the Indian cryptocurrency exchange Mudrex. Over the past nine months, Saber says payment volumes have grown more than sixfold, with billions of dollars processed across more than 40 countries and more than 90% of transactions completed in under one minute.

Edul Patel, Saber’s CEO, said the company is targeting businesses across Asia-Pacific and the Gulf, where demand for international transfers continues to grow. The use cases he highlighted — paying overseas suppliers, managing corporate treasury, and moving working capital between countries — are the sort of flows that keep PSPs busy after banking hours, which is exactly why the 24/7 stablecoin rail matters.