What opened

Smart Communications and Amihan Global Strategies launched AI.Smart on 22 September 2026. You use it in a browser at ai.smart. The Philippine Star reported the launch the next day. The Daily Tribune published the same launch as a partner feature on 22 September.

Tribune said the service is powered by Avtica. It said you pay by charging a Smart or TNT prepaid or postpaid account, then confirm with a one-time PIN sent by text. The product page does not list other networks. Its sign-up note says to check the current account rules there.

The packs

The product page, checked on 23 September 2026, lists four one-time top-ups. They do not renew by themselves.

Solo is 49 pesos for 7 days, with 100,000 credits and 1 seat. Flex is 99 pesos for 14 days, with 225,000 credits and 1 seat. Pro is 149 pesos for 30 days, with 350,000 credits and 5 seats. Max is 499 pesos for 30 days, with 1,200,000 credits and 10 seats. Pro and Max can invite teammates into Projects.

If you buy another pack before the expiry date, the credits stack and the expiry moves to the new pack. Credits left on the expiry date are forfeited and are not refunded.

The Philippine Star said unused credits can roll into the next subscription. The product page is stricter than that sentence. Read the expiry line before you rely on a rollover.

The page also says the first 100,000 sign-ups get an extended free trial. It does not say how long that trial lasts.

What it says you can do

The product page says you can chat in your own language, turn a description into images, presentations and social posts, and pull the key points from a document, a web page or a YouTube video.

Tribune said the assistant handles English, Filipino and Taglish. The companies said uploaded files stay in your workspace, are not used to train the models, and are encrypted when stored and when sent. That is their statement. It is not an independent audit.

On models, the reports do not match the product page line for line. Tribune names Amazon Nova, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, OpenAI and Thinking Machines, chosen per task through Amazon Bedrock. The Philippine Star names ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. The product page’s Powered by line lists AWS Nova, Google Gemini, ChatGPT and Thinking Machines.

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Why this is useful here

A lot of people in the Philippines pay a phone bill or a load, not a foreign subscription on a credit card. 49 pesos for a week is that kind of small purchase.

Smart’s Lloyd Manaloto told The Philippine Star the credits are meant to cover about one or two tasks a day for students and freelancers. The product page does not publish a credit-to-task table, so treat that as his estimate.

What to do next

  • Open ai.smart and read the sign-up rules before you pay.
  • Confirm the number you will charge is Smart or TNT.
  • Start with Solo if you only want a test. Watch the expiry date.
  • Top up before expiry only when you still need the leftover credits.
  • Keep client files, school records and passwords out until you have read the privacy statement yourself.

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How this was checked

Prices, seats, credit totals, stacking, forfeiture and the free-trial line are from the AI.Smart product page on 23 September 2026. The launch date, the Smart or TNT charge, and the model names are from the Daily Tribune partner feature on 22 September and The Philippine Star on 23 September. Pinoy AI Works did not buy a pack for this report.

Put this into practice

Before you buy an AI pack, read the promo for what it really includes, or try talking to an AI app first.

Sources & further reading

Source note. The linked sources support the news in this article. The explanations and suggested next steps are from Pinoy AI Works.