AIP Podcast EP 68 - Private, Personalized, and Assistive AI with SmartR AI

This episode’s guest, Oliver Scott-King, CEO and Founder of SmartR AI, joins host Anne to explore how assistive AI is reshaping the future of work, wellbeing, and human–machine collaboration. From his early experiments with Palm Pilots to building cutting-edge behavioral intelligence systems, Oliver shares the journey behind Smartr AI’s mission to create private, safe, and personalized AI assistants. He explains how products like SCOTi and alertR combine emotion detection, contextual reasoning, and data synthesis to enhance decision-making across industries—from enterprise productivity to health and wellness. Oliver also unpacks the challenges of earning user trust, the importance of secure deployment environments, and how SmartR AI builds domain-specific models that empower people without replacing them. Tune in to discover how assistive AI, done the SmartR AI way, unlocks meaningful impact through ethical, human-centric innovation.Follow AIP Affiliate, SmartR AIWebsite: https://www.smartr.ai/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartr-ai/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnerships.aiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnerships/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown AI company.