Our story

Assurance built for the pace AI actually moves at

SmartAIConnect is an award-winning Queensland-based assurance company. We started in AI-enabled vision systems and grew into a platform business that makes AI, cyber and supplier risk continuously verifiable, not an annual paperwork exercise.

Mission

Help organisations operate safely in an AI-driven world

Certificates record a moment. Risk does not sit still. Our platforms capture live control signals and evidence so leaders can answer the only question that matters: is this system safe, compliant and working right now?

We work across government, critical infrastructure, financial services and smart cities, sectors where an AI failure is not a software bug, it is a public consequence.

Alongside the platform we run the SmartAIConnect AI education programme, including our Smart Cities Council micro-credential, because governance only works when the people accountable for it understand what they are signing.

Certified

ISO/IEC 27001 certified information security management system.

Recognised

Local Buy supplier, AIIA member and PECB-aligned training partner.

Global

Operating from Australia with Hong Kong and Middle East presence.

Backed

Seed investors include UniQuest Extension Fund, Admiralty Capital Group, TORUS, Pipeline Capital and Fusion Venture Labs, with support from the Queensland Investment Corporation.

Milestones

How we got here

  1. 2024

    Responsible AI Framework aligned to Australia's voluntary AI guardrails ahead of regulation.

  2. 2024

    Third prize at the 17th China (Shenzhen) Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Competition.

  3. 2025

    Global partnership with the Smart Cities Council; Middle East expansion with Next IT Systems.

  4. 2026

    SuppliAssure launched and an oversubscribed $1m seed round closed; Hong Kong entity established.