Tether invests in AIsa to enable stablecoin payments for AI agents

Tether Capital has invested in AIsa, a platform that lets AI agents find, access and pay for data resources without a human approving each purchase. The investment was announced on October 15, 2026. AIsa already hosts more than 250,000 agents that have processed over 100 million cumulative transactions, so this is a bet on a business with real traffic. What AIsa actually does That catalog covers more than 5,000 APIs, skills and models. An agent that needs weather data, a translation model and a search tool can reach all three through the same access point. AIsa charges per call rather than by subscription, so agents pay only for what they use. Billing on the platform supports both fiat currency and stablecoins. Users can also set their own spending limits, which is reassuring when the spender is an autonomous program. The growth numbers behind the bet AIsa launched in 2025 and has grown quickly since. Between February and June 2026, the platform reported a 150x increase in agent users. API calls and transactions over that same stretch rose 200x. The company has raised $6.5 million in total funding. That includes a seed round in July 2026 co-led by Alibaba and Tribe Capital. Why Tet...