New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- AI hardware is still trying to answer a basic question: why should users carry another device when the smartphone already does so much? That question has become more important as the first wave of AI wearables exposed the gap between technical novelty and everyday utility. For Pocket, the answer is not to replace the smartphone but to add a layer that can capture real-world context without forcing users to stop what they are doing.

In this conversation with CIOL, Akshay Narisetti, Co-founder and CEO of Pocket, explains why Pocket is building around contextual intelligence, how it views enterprise adoption, and why privacy could determine whether ambient AI becomes part of everyday work.

Narisetti also discusses Ind...