Owasikisela ukusetshenziswa kukaTau njengengqikithi yesekethe, esikhundleni sikaPi
I-Tau yaphakanyiswa njengengqikithi yesiyingi engcono kune-Pi nguMichael Hartl kuThe Tau Manifesto, eyanyatheliswa ngoJuni 28, 2010. Umqondo kaHartl we-Tau waphefumulelwa uBob Palais, owayesanda kushicilela isihloko esibuza ukuthi ngabe i-Pi yayiyi-constant engcono kakhulu yokusebenzisa.