Smart, Amihan launch AI.Smart with access starting at ₱49

• IN PHOTO: (from left to right) Avtica.ai Chief Executive Officer Winston Damarillo, First Vice President and OIC for Smart Communications Inc. Lloyd Manaloto, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Country Manager Precious Lim.

Smart Communications and Amihan Global Strategies have launched AI.Smart, a new artificial intelligence workspace that gives Smart and TNT subscribers access to multiple AI models through a single platform, with packages starting at ₱49.

AI.Smart brings together several AI models, including Amazon Nova, Anthropic’s Claude, Google Gemini, OpenAI, and Thinking Machines, allowing users to switch between tools for tasks such as creating documents, spreadsheets, presentations and images, as well as analyzing files and data.

“AI.Smart puts a real AI assistant right beside it, one that understands Filipino, respects your privacy, and can be paid for through your existing prepaid or postpaid account,” said Lloyd

Manaloto, First Vice President and Head of Strategy and Corporate Brand at Smart Communications.

Instead of requiring a separate subscription or credit card, AI.Smart allows users to pay directly through their Smart or TNT mobile accounts.

The service offers four credit packs: ₱49 for seven days, ₱99 for 14 days, ₱149 for 30 days, and ₱499 for 30 days. Its Pro and Max packs can also be shared among team members or family members.

Designed with Filipino users in mind, AI.Smart supports English, Filipino and Taglish. Users can also upload their own files and ask questions about the content, with the platform providing citations in its responses.

Winston Damarillo, Chief Executive Officer of Avtica.ai, said files uploaded to AI.Smart remain private to a user’s workspace and are not used to train AI models.

According to Damarillo, data is encrypted both while stored and during transfer, while the platform is designed to comply with the Philippine Data Privacy Act.

AI.Smart runs on Amazon Web Services through Amazon Bedrock, which enables the platform to provide access to different AI models within a single workspace.

Manaloto said the platform is aimed at a broad range of users, including students, freelancers, families and small businesses, as AI tools increasingly become part of everyday work and productivity.

AI.Smart has been available to Smart and TNT subscribers since Sept. 18 through the AI.Smart website and the LiveSmart app.

Subscribers who download and register for the new LiveSmart app may also get a chance to claim free access to AI.Smart through the app.