What is the cost of living longer? For many, the cost of achieving a healthy lifespan may be too high to pay. RejuveAI aims to democratize health information for everyone to live long, healthy lives. With that, we spoke to the dynamic CEO of RejuveAI, Jasmine Smith, and she shed light on how democratizing longevity can ensure healthy living for all.
Longevity is A Human Right
Smith believes longevity shouldn’t be expensive and everyone should maximize their potential, regardless of financial or educational limits. Smith says we should reach our full potential on Earth, regardless of technical, financial, or educational limits.
Jasmine Smith
With a degree in health information management and a minor in health informatics, Jasmine Smith’s expertise spans from senior medical coding in Houston’s top hospitals to impactful roles within the SingularityNET ecosystem.
Their passion for wellness and her tenure at SingularityNET covering community management and marketing has set her up for a unique position to champion AI-driven democratized well-being. Now, that journey has led her to become the CEO of an artificially intelligence-driven company reshaping the wellness and longevity landscape.
Creating a decentralized longevity network
With RejuveAI, Smith and her team are creating a decentralized longevity research network,
“We’re using the power of the data that we’re all contributing online to work for us and work for the good of humanity. We’re using it to extend healthspan globally. RejuveAI is an international effort, and it’s not focused toward one or the other.”
Smith explains that as long as you kind of have a smartphone, can download apps and that sort of thing, plugged in online, then you can be a part of the community.
How does RejuveAI work?
Three years ago, Smith and her team first developed the product’s roadmap, assembled the team, and then did their initial funding last year, and have been building ever since.
As explained by Smith, RejuveAI is a spinoff of SingularityNET, which is working toward artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence. The platform has various prongs into different aspects of society, and one of them is longevity. After all, if the AI focuses on helping us live longer, then it probably won’t do the opposite of what people fear.
“It starts with a mobile application, which we’ve been developing for a while and should be going live this year,” explains Smith, “You put all of your basic health data there on a continuous basis and earn our token, RJV, in exchange for maintaining your profile in this database and eventually gain access to more opportunities. You can also get access to health enhancing products and services.”
For instance, if you’re into supplements, there will be trusted providers available, as well as access to wearables and testing kits – on the chance that you want to do genome sequencing,
“It’s a way to build up a profile on your health. Simultaneously, you’ll also receive feedback insights to make micro improvements upon your health,” details Smith, who adds that you’ll be connected to providers that can assist in that journey as well, “We’re not replacing the medical professionals here, but more so assisting.”
As for gaining access to the app, while there are countries with strict regulations when it comes to apps, Smith shares that if someone is online and engaging with other apps, then they can also download the RejuveAI app,
“There’s a layer that will always be free for everyone to be able to engage with the ecosystem. Then there’ll be premium services. As you’re earning more of the tokens, you can offset the cost of a lot of things.”
Blockchain technology
Smith states that the token cryptocurrency found in RejuveAI is part of blockchain technology called Web 3.0.
“The traditional way we interact with the online world is referred to as Web 2.0, which allows us to share things back and forth. Yet, the core essence is that it’s still dominated by a few central entities, whereas Web 3.0 is about spreading out that control and governance of the internet more democratically.”
Smith adds that one drawback is teaching people about the blockchain itself, as it features a lot of technical aspects. Also, regarding cryptocurrency tokens, you’ll need to understand how to keep a crypto wallet and so forth. As such, there is a strong focus from Smith and her team on educational pieces so that they can bridge people into it,
“We’re working on bridging our health and wellness partners into accepting crypto payments because a lot of people don’t know it’s not that difficult. The most difficult part is where you’re going to create your wallet and store and have it. Are you going to use a centralized exchange? Are you going to manage it on a ledger device like a little USB kind of thing?”
Smith says once you grasp the basics, many companies and coins instantly convert, with some pegged to the US dollar. The team is working with Drata, which automates compliance and lets them know and set reminders for all these different things so that everything is up to code legally.
The data case for longevity
“The interoperability problem in healthcare is a massive one. Even within one country, a lot of times they don’t have the formats to exchange data between one another.”
Smith believes healthcare data should be with the individuals, enabling easy export and quick access for anyone. Smith adds that the company is working on making the app available in multiple languages to boost accessibility.
“Once we’re able to get that accurate translation, then we can work on the design of feeding that back to them in a format that can work for anyone. Then there’s lab test results, and one way we can do that is to provide locations for people to go collect a digital copy.”
Another way, Smith details, is scanning with a phone, abstracting it and popping it somewhere else. Smith and her team will use this approach as many still have paper records, which are hard to access.
How ethical is RejuveAI?
“From an ethical and moral standpoint, a big part of our message is that we want to put that data ownership back to the users themselves.”
Smith explains RejuveAI removes friction, helping consumers use AI components that enhance models and provide better insights.
“We’re basically paying for that data. I think that creates a unique relationship as to where it’s quite clear that we’re not selling the data, but that we’re developing better and better AI models that are directly benefiting the users, directly benefiting the scientific community and all the people who are participating in the RejuveAI network.”
Regarding how the data is used, health tracking provides an immediate benefit. You have this constant feedback loop of highlighting certain areas that you need to pay more attention to,
“This is already preventative healthcare at the individual level. Again, the algorithm is learning from you so the insights that you’re getting are not just basic. It’s suggesting, at optimal times, methods that will lead to real behavioral changes.”
Your data
“The idea is to point you in the exact direction and also go to the deeper level of connecting it to the hallmarks of aging, cellular and molecular things that could be occurring and what they’re tied to and what you could practically do, according to your unique situation and lifestyle, to lower that risk and bring you out of that danger zone.”
With distribution of the data, Smith shares that it has to be all controlled by that individual. They should proclaim that, ‘yes, I want to use this for this specific reason.’ Maybe that looks like some sort of app connection where you choose to connect your data to improve your health.
The cost of longevity
“With subscriptions, I believe you should get something out of it if you’re paying for it, because there are lots of free apps out there. There are lots of ways you can hack around and spend a lot less to get the same effects. We’re trying to increase convenience and also increase the value and potency of what we’re doing.”
Smith adds that if it’s something powerful and worth paying for, then there will be a premium. However, all the baseline tracking and more basic insights like poor sleep quality will always be there for everyone.
Using Data for Longevity
Smith says data ownership in healthcare is gaining momentum, with hospitals making individual access easier.
“I think the next layer is the actual interpretation and personal understanding and connection to that information. This way, it doesn’t sound like overly complicated medical jargon, we can disseminate that down into practical things,” explains Smith. She adds that on a larger level, it’s imperative to shift our perspectives on healthcare,
“We want to move from this reactionary practice of, ‘Okay, something’s terribly wrong, let’s hurry up and get you a pill or surgery’ to ‘Okay, we’re going to track and see when you’re starting to slip into these states and try to correct the course.'”
Is AI Helping or Hurting Longevity?
Smith highlights the growing connection between AI and Web 3.0 in shaping the future of longevity. This connection enables us to democratize AI, preventing control by any central entities. It’s important to remember that AI does not act upon itself. Rather, it’s driven by data. So if we have biased or incomplete data, then it’s going to give us those types of results,
“Being able to increase access and get more inputs, viewpoints, and perspectives from other parts of the world will help us understand each other better. It will create systems and models that are benevolent and serve humanity instead of just creating greater tensions.”
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