diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/requestBodies/internal/create-ai-assistant-request.yaml b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/requestBodies/internal/create-ai-assistant-request.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8a56bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/requestBodies/internal/create-ai-assistant-request.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+description: Create AI assistant activation request
+required: true
+content:
+    application/json:
+        schema:
+            $ref: '../../schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-request.yaml'
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/responses/internal/success-create-ai-assistant.yaml b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/responses/internal/success-create-ai-assistant.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..caea3448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/responses/internal/success-create-ai-assistant.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description: Successfully created or reused AI assistant activation
+content:
+    application/json:
+        schema:
+            $ref: '../../schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-response.yaml'
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-request.yaml b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-request.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50a085e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-request.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+type: object
+required:
+    # - scope
+    - capabilities
+properties:
+    # scope:
+    #     type: object
+    #     required:
+    #         - resourceType
+    #         - resourceIds
+    #     properties:
+    #         resourceType:
+    #             type: string
+    #             enum: ['meeting']
+    #             description: Scope resource type where assistant will be activated.
+    #             example: meeting
+    #         resourceIds:
+    #             type: array
+    #             minItems: 1
+    #             items:
+    #                 type: string
+    #                 minLength: 1
+    #             description: List of target resource ids.
+    #             example: ['meeting_123']
+    capabilities:
+        type: array
+        minItems: 1
+        items:
+            type: object
+            required:
+                - name
+            properties:
+                name:
+                    type: string
+                    enum: ['live_captions']
+                    description: AI capability to activate.
+                    example: live_captions
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-response.yaml b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-response.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03fd8844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-response.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+type: object
+required:
+    - id
+    - status
+properties:
+    id:
+        type: string
+        description: Identifier of the assistant activation.
+        example: asst_123
+    status:
+        type: string
+        enum: ['active']
+        description: Current assistant activation state.
+        example: active
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/openvidu-meet-internal-api.yaml b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/openvidu-meet-internal-api.yaml
index 96f13ffa..573002a1 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/openvidu-meet-internal-api.yaml
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/openvidu-meet-internal-api.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ paths:
         $ref: './paths/internal/meetings.yaml#/~1meetings~1{roomId}~1participants~1{participantIdentity}'
     /meetings/{roomId}/participants/{participantIdentity}/role:
         $ref: './paths/internal/meetings.yaml#/~1meetings~1{roomId}~1participants~1{participantIdentity}~1role'
+    /ai/assistants:
+        $ref: './paths/internal/ai-assistant.yaml#/~1ai~1assistants'
+    /ai/assistants/{assistantId}:
+        $ref: './paths/internal/ai-assistant.yaml#/~1ai~1assistants~1{assistantId}'
     /analytics:
         $ref: './paths/internal/analytics.yaml#/~1analytics'
 
@@ -63,5 +67,9 @@ components:
             $ref: components/schemas/meet-room.yaml
         MeetAnalytics:
             $ref: components/schemas/internal/meet-analytics.yaml
+        AiAssistantCreateRequest:
+            $ref: components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-request.yaml
+        AiAssistantCreateResponse:
+            $ref: components/schemas/internal/ai-assistant-create-response.yaml
         Error:
             $ref: components/schemas/error.yaml
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/paths/internal/ai-assistant.yaml b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/paths/internal/ai-assistant.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5454791c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/paths/internal/ai-assistant.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/ai/assistants:
+    post:
+        operationId: createAiAssistant
+        summary: Create AI assistant
+        description: |
+            Activates AI assistance.
+
+            > Currently only meeting AI Assistand and `live_captions` capability is supported.
+        tags:
+            - Internal API - AI Assistants
+        security:
+            - roomMemberTokenHeader: []
+        requestBody:
+            $ref: '../../components/requestBodies/internal/create-ai-assistant-request.yaml'
+        responses:
+            '200':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/internal/success-create-ai-assistant.yaml'
+            '401':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/unauthorized-error.yaml'
+            '403':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/forbidden-error.yaml'
+            '422':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/validation-error.yaml'
+            '500':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/internal-server-error.yaml'
+
+/ai/assistants/{assistantId}:
+    delete:
+        operationId: cancelAiAssistant
+        summary: Cancel AI assistant
+        description: |
+            Cancels AI assistant.
+
+            The assistant process (live_captions) is stopped only when the last participant cancels it.
+        tags:
+            - Internal API - AI Assistants
+        security:
+            - roomMemberTokenHeader: []
+        parameters:
+            - in: path
+              name: assistantId
+              required: true
+              schema:
+                  type: string
+                  minLength: 1
+              description: Identifier of the assistant activation returned by create operation.
+              example: asst_123
+        responses:
+            '204':
+                description: AI assistant canceled successfully.
+            '401':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/unauthorized-error.yaml'
+            '422':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/validation-error.yaml'
+            '500':
+                $ref: '../../components/responses/internal-server-error.yaml'
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/tags/tags.yaml b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/tags/tags.yaml
index 9c520434..27862614 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/openapi/tags/tags.yaml
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/openapi/tags/tags.yaml
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@
   description: Operations related to managing OpenVidu Meet rooms
 - name: Internal API - Meetings
   description: Operations related to managing meetings in OpenVidu Meet rooms
+- name: Internal API - AI Assistants
+  description: High-level operations to manage AI assistance capabilities in meetings
 - name: Internal API - Recordings
   description: Operations related to managing OpenVidu Meet recordings
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/config/dependency-injector.config.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/config/dependency-injector.config.ts
index 7f889ca1..1650bb85 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/config/dependency-injector.config.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/config/dependency-injector.config.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import { LivekitWebhookService } from '../services/livekit-webhook.service.js';
 import { RoomScheduledTasksService } from '../services/room-scheduled-tasks.service.js';
 import { RecordingScheduledTasksService } from '../services/recording-scheduled-tasks.service.js';
 import { AnalyticsService } from '../services/analytics.service.js';
+import { AiAssistantService } from '../services/ai-assistant.service.js';
 
 export const container: Container = new Container();
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ export const registerDependencies = () => {
 	container.bind(RoomScheduledTasksService).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
 	container.bind(RecordingScheduledTasksService).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
 	container.bind(AnalyticsService).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+	container.bind(AiAssistantService).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
 };
 
 const configureStorage = (storageMode: string) => {
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/config/internal-config.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/config/internal-config.ts
index de7baa18..3e6d96a9 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/config/internal-config.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/config/internal-config.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const INTERNAL_CONFIG = {
 	PARTICIPANT_MAX_CONCURRENT_NAME_REQUESTS: '20', // Maximum number of request by the same name at the same time allowed
 	PARTICIPANT_NAME_RESERVATION_TTL: '12h' as StringValue, // Time-to-live for participant name reservations
 
-	CAPTIONS_AGENT_NAME: 'agent-speech-processing',
+	CAPTIONS_AGENT_NAME: 'speech-processing',
 
 	// MongoDB Schema Versions
 	// These define the current schema version for each collection
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/controllers/ai-assistant.controller.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/controllers/ai-assistant.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f27d77a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/controllers/ai-assistant.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { container } from '../config/dependency-injector.config.js';
+import { handleError } from '../models/error.model.js';
+import { AiAssistantService } from '../services/ai-assistant.service.js';
+import { LoggerService } from '../services/logger.service.js';
+import { RequestSessionService } from '../services/request-session.service.js';
+import { TokenService } from '../services/token.service.js';
+import { getRoomMemberToken } from '../utils/token.utils.js';
+
+const getRoomMemberIdentityFromRequest = async (req: Request): Promise<string> => {
+	const tokenService = container.get(TokenService);
+	const token = getRoomMemberToken(req);
+
+	if (!token) {
+		throw new Error('Room member token not found');
+	}
+
+	const claims = await tokenService.verifyToken(token);
+
+	if (!claims.sub) {
+		throw new Error('Room member token does not include participant identity');
+	}
+
+	return claims.sub;
+};
+
+export const createAssistant = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+	const logger = container.get(LoggerService);
+	const requestSessionService = container.get(RequestSessionService);
+	const aiAssistantService = container.get(AiAssistantService);
+	// const payload: MeetCreateAssistantRequest = req.body;
+	const roomId = requestSessionService.getRoomIdFromToken();
+
+	if (!roomId) {
+		return handleError(res, new Error('Could not resolve room from token'), 'creating assistant');
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const participantIdentity = await getRoomMemberIdentityFromRequest(req);
+		logger.verbose(`Creating assistant for participant '${participantIdentity}' in room '${roomId}'`);
+		const assistant = await aiAssistantService.createLiveCaptionsAssistant(roomId, participantIdentity);
+		return res.status(200).json(assistant);
+	} catch (error) {
+		handleError(res, error, `creating assistant in room '${roomId}'`);
+	}
+};
+
+export const cancelAssistant = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+	const logger = container.get(LoggerService);
+	const requestSessionService = container.get(RequestSessionService);
+	const aiAssistantService = container.get(AiAssistantService);
+	const { assistantId } = req.params;
+	const roomId = requestSessionService.getRoomIdFromToken();
+
+	if (!roomId) {
+		return handleError(res, new Error('Could not resolve room from token'), 'canceling assistant');
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const participantIdentity = await getRoomMemberIdentityFromRequest(req);
+		logger.verbose(
+			`Canceling assistant '${assistantId}' for participant '${participantIdentity}' in room '${roomId}'`
+		);
+		await aiAssistantService.cancelAssistant(assistantId, roomId, participantIdentity);
+		return res.status(204).send();
+	} catch (error) {
+		handleError(res, error, `canceling assistant '${assistantId}' in room '${roomId}'`);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/helpers/redis.helper.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/helpers/redis.helper.ts
index 62a3b0f9..1b1ef9ea 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/helpers/redis.helper.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/helpers/redis.helper.ts
@@ -45,4 +45,16 @@ export class MeetLock {
 
 		return `${RedisLockPrefix.BASE}${RedisLockName.WEBHOOK}_${webhookEvent.event}_${webhookEvent.id}`;
 	}
+
+	static getAiAssistantLock(roomId: string, capabilityName: string): string {
+		if (!roomId) {
+			throw new Error('roomId must be a non-empty string');
+		}
+
+		if (!capabilityName) {
+			throw new Error('capabilityName must be a non-empty string');
+		}
+
+		return `${RedisLockPrefix.BASE}${RedisLockName.AI_ASSISTANT}_${roomId}_${capabilityName}`;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts
index 7ee12db5..2c2ca197 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export * from './room.middleware.js';
 
 // Request validators
 export * from './request-validators/auth-validator.middleware.js';
+export * from './request-validators/ai-assistant-validator.middleware.js';
 export * from './request-validators/config-validator.middleware.js';
 export * from './request-validators/meeting-validator.middleware.js';
 export * from './request-validators/recording-validator.middleware.js';
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/middlewares/request-validators/ai-assistant-validator.middleware.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/middlewares/request-validators/ai-assistant-validator.middleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a6bc0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/middlewares/request-validators/ai-assistant-validator.middleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { rejectUnprocessableRequest } from '../../models/error.model.js';
+import { AssistantIdSchema, CreateAssistantReqSchema } from '../../models/zod-schemas/ai-assistant.schema.js';
+
+export const validateCreateAssistantReq = (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+	const { success, error, data } = CreateAssistantReqSchema.safeParse(req.body);
+
+	if (!success) {
+		return rejectUnprocessableRequest(res, error);
+	}
+
+	req.body = data;
+	next();
+};
+
+export const validateAssistantIdPathParam = (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+	const { success, error, data } = AssistantIdSchema.safeParse(req.params.assistantId);
+
+	if (!success) {
+		error.errors[0].path = ['assistantId'];
+		return rejectUnprocessableRequest(res, error);
+	}
+
+	req.params.assistantId = data;
+	next();
+};
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/models/redis.model.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/models/redis.model.ts
index 97977c00..58d82f9d 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/models/redis.model.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/models/redis.model.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ export const enum RedisKeyName {
 	ROOM_PARTICIPANTS = `${REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}room_participants:`,
 	// Stores released numeric suffixes (per base name) in a sorted set, so that freed numbers
 	// can be reused efficiently instead of always incrementing to the next highest number.
-	PARTICIPANT_NAME_POOL = `${REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}participant_pool:`
+	PARTICIPANT_NAME_POOL = `${REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}participant_pool:`,
+	// Tracks participant-level assistant capability state in a room.
+	AI_ASSISTANT_PARTICIPANT_STATE = `${REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}ai_assistant:participant_state:`
 }
 
 export const enum RedisLockPrefix {
@@ -18,5 +20,6 @@ export const enum RedisLockName {
 	SCHEDULED_TASK = 'scheduled_task',
 	STORAGE_INITIALIZATION = 'storage_initialization',
 	MIGRATION = 'migration',
-	WEBHOOK = 'webhook'
+	WEBHOOK = 'webhook',
+	AI_ASSISTANT = 'ai_assistant'
 }
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/models/zod-schemas/ai-assistant.schema.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/models/zod-schemas/ai-assistant.schema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2e17049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/models/zod-schemas/ai-assistant.schema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { MeetAssistantCapabilityName } from '@openvidu-meet/typings';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+export const CreateAssistantReqSchema = z.object({
+	// scope: z.object({
+	// 	resourceType: z.nativeEnum(MeetAssistantScopeResourceType),
+	// 	resourceIds: z.array(z.string().trim().min(1)).min(1)
+	// }),
+	capabilities: z
+		.array(
+			z.object({
+				name: z.string()
+			})
+		)
+		.min(1)
+		.transform((capabilities) => {
+			const validValues = Object.values(MeetAssistantCapabilityName);
+
+			// Filter out invalid capabilities
+			const filtered = capabilities.filter((cap) =>
+				validValues.includes(cap.name as MeetAssistantCapabilityName)
+			);
+
+			// Remove duplicates based on capability name
+			const unique = Array.from(new Map(filtered.map((cap) => [cap.name, cap])).values());
+
+			return unique;
+		})
+		.refine((caps) => caps.length > 0, {
+			message: 'At least one valid capability is required'
+		})
+});
+
+export const AssistantIdSchema = z.string().trim().min(1);
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/routes/ai-assistant.routes.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/routes/ai-assistant.routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90c35cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/routes/ai-assistant.routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
+import { Router } from 'express';
+import * as aiAssistantCtrl from '../controllers/ai-assistant.controller.js';
+import { roomMemberTokenValidator, withAuth } from '../middlewares/auth.middleware.js';
+import {
+	validateAssistantIdPathParam,
+	validateCreateAssistantReq
+} from '../middlewares/request-validators/ai-assistant-validator.middleware.js';
+
+export const aiAssistantRouter: Router = Router();
+aiAssistantRouter.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+aiAssistantRouter.use(bodyParser.json());
+
+aiAssistantRouter.post(
+	'/assistants',
+	withAuth(roomMemberTokenValidator),
+	validateCreateAssistantReq,
+	aiAssistantCtrl.createAssistant
+);
+
+aiAssistantRouter.delete(
+	'/assistants/:assistantId',
+	withAuth(roomMemberTokenValidator),
+	validateAssistantIdPathParam,
+	aiAssistantCtrl.cancelAssistant
+);
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/routes/index.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/routes/index.ts
index 226c3aa4..94d2a2aa 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './analytics.routes.js';
+export * from './ai-assistant.routes.js';
 export * from './api-key.routes.js';
 export * from './auth.routes.js';
 export * from './global-config.routes.js';
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/server.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/server.ts
index 1fefb73b..56a3f63b 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/server.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/server.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { setBaseUrlFromRequest } from './middlewares/base-url.middleware.js';
 import { jsonSyntaxErrorHandler } from './middlewares/content-type.middleware.js';
 import { initRequestContext } from './middlewares/request-context.middleware.js';
 import { analyticsRouter } from './routes/analytics.routes.js';
+import { aiAssistantRouter } from './routes/ai-assistant.routes.js';
 import { apiKeyRouter } from './routes/api-key.routes.js';
 import { authRouter } from './routes/auth.routes.js';
 import { configRouter } from './routes/global-config.routes.js';
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ const createApp = () => {
 	// appRouter.use(`${INTERNAL_CONFIG.INTERNAL_API_BASE_PATH_V1}/recordings`, internalRecordingRouter);
 	appRouter.use(`${INTERNAL_CONFIG.INTERNAL_API_BASE_PATH_V1}/config`, configRouter);
 	appRouter.use(`${INTERNAL_CONFIG.INTERNAL_API_BASE_PATH_V1}/analytics`, analyticsRouter);
+	appRouter.use(`${INTERNAL_CONFIG.INTERNAL_API_BASE_PATH_V1}/ai`, aiAssistantRouter);
 
 	appRouter.use('/health', (_req: Request, res: Response) => res.status(200).send('OK'));
 
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/ai-assistant.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/ai-assistant.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a8aafe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/ai-assistant.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+import { MeetAssistantCapabilityName, MeetCreateAssistantResponse } from '@openvidu-meet/typings';
+import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
+import ms from 'ms';
+import { INTERNAL_CONFIG } from '../config/internal-config.js';
+import { MEET_ENV } from '../environment.js';
+import { MeetLock } from '../helpers/redis.helper.js';
+import { errorInsufficientPermissions } from '../models/error.model.js';
+import { RedisKeyName } from '../models/redis.model.js';
+import { LiveKitService } from './livekit.service.js';
+import { LoggerService } from './logger.service.js';
+import { MutexService } from './mutex.service.js';
+import { RedisService } from './redis.service.js';
+import { RoomService } from './room.service.js';
+
+@injectable()
+export class AiAssistantService {
+	private readonly ASSISTANT_STATE_LOCK_TTL = ms('15s');
+
+	constructor(
+		@inject(LoggerService) protected logger: LoggerService,
+		@inject(RoomService) protected roomService: RoomService,
+		@inject(LiveKitService) protected livekitService: LiveKitService,
+		@inject(MutexService) protected mutexService: MutexService,
+		@inject(RedisService) protected redisService: RedisService
+	) {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a live captions assistant for the specified room.
+	 * If an assistant already exists for the room, it will be reused.
+	 * @param roomId
+	 * @param participantIdentity
+	 * @returns
+	 */
+	async createLiveCaptionsAssistant(
+		roomId: string,
+		participantIdentity: string
+	): Promise<MeetCreateAssistantResponse> {
+		// ! For now, we are assuming that the only capability is live captions.
+		const capability = MeetAssistantCapabilityName.LIVE_CAPTIONS;
+		const lockName = MeetLock.getAiAssistantLock(roomId, capability);
+
+		try {
+			await this.validateCreateConditions(roomId, capability);
+
+			const lock = await this.mutexService.acquire(lockName, this.ASSISTANT_STATE_LOCK_TTL);
+
+			if (!lock) {
+				this.logger.error(`Could not acquire lock '${lockName}' for creating assistant in room '${roomId}'`);
+				throw new Error('Could not acquire lock for creating assistant. Please try again.');
+			}
+
+			const existingAgent = await this.livekitService.getAgent(roomId, INTERNAL_CONFIG.CAPTIONS_AGENT_NAME);
+
+			if (existingAgent) {
+				await this.setParticipantAssistantState(roomId, participantIdentity, capability, true);
+				return { id: existingAgent.id, status: 'active' };
+			}
+
+			const assistant = await this.livekitService.createAgent(roomId, INTERNAL_CONFIG.CAPTIONS_AGENT_NAME);
+
+			await this.setParticipantAssistantState(roomId, participantIdentity, capability, true);
+
+			return {
+				id: assistant.id,
+				status: 'active'
+			};
+		} finally {
+			await this.mutexService.release(lockName);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *  Stops the specified assistant for the given participant and room.
+	 *  If the assistant is not used by any other participants in the room, it will be stopped in LiveKit.
+	 * @param assistantId
+	 * @param roomId
+	 * @param participantIdentity
+	 * @returns
+	 */
+	async cancelAssistant(assistantId: string, roomId: string, participantIdentity: string): Promise<void> {
+		const capability = MeetAssistantCapabilityName.LIVE_CAPTIONS;
+		// The lock only protects the atomic "count → stop dispatch" decision.
+		const lockName = MeetLock.getAiAssistantLock(roomId, capability);
+
+		try {
+			await this.setParticipantAssistantState(roomId, participantIdentity, capability, false);
+
+			const lock = await this.mutexService.acquire(lockName, this.ASSISTANT_STATE_LOCK_TTL);
+
+			if (!lock) {
+				this.logger.warn(
+					`Could not acquire lock '${lockName}' for stopping assistant in room '${roomId}'. Participant state saved as disabled.`
+				);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			const enabledParticipants = await this.getEnabledParticipantsCount(roomId, capability);
+
+			if (enabledParticipants > 0) {
+				this.logger.debug(
+					`Skipping assistant stop for room '${roomId}'. Remaining enabled participants: ${enabledParticipants}`
+				);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			const assistant = await this.livekitService.getAgent(roomId, assistantId);
+
+			if (!assistant) {
+				this.logger.warn(`Captions assistant not found in room '${roomId}'. Skipping stop request.`);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			await this.livekitService.stopAgent(assistantId, roomId);
+		} finally {
+			await this.mutexService.release(lockName);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Cleanup assistant state in a room.
+	 * - If participantIdentity is provided, removes only that participant state.
+	 * - If participantIdentity is omitted, removes all assistant state in the room.
+	 *
+	 * If no enabled participants remain after cleanup, captions agent dispatch is stopped.
+	 */
+	async cleanupState(roomId: string, participantIdentity?: string): Promise<void> {
+		const capability = MeetAssistantCapabilityName.LIVE_CAPTIONS;
+		const lockName = MeetLock.getAiAssistantLock(roomId, capability);
+
+		try {
+			if (participantIdentity) {
+				await this.setParticipantAssistantState(roomId, participantIdentity, capability, false);
+			}
+
+			// acquireWithRetry because this is called from webhooks (participantLeft / roomFinished).
+			// The agent may run indefinitely with no further opportunity to stop it.
+			const lock = await this.mutexService.acquireWithRetry(lockName, this.ASSISTANT_STATE_LOCK_TTL);
+
+			if (!lock) {
+				const scope = participantIdentity ? `participant '${participantIdentity}'` : `room '${roomId}'`;
+				this.logger.error(
+					`Could not acquire lock '${lockName}' for dispatch cleanup (${scope}) after retries. ` +
+						(participantIdentity
+							? 'Participant state was saved but dispatch stop may be skipped.'
+							: 'Room state cleanup and dispatch stop were skipped.')
+				);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (!participantIdentity) {
+				const pattern = `${RedisKeyName.AI_ASSISTANT_PARTICIPANT_STATE}${roomId}:${capability}:*`;
+				const keys = await this.redisService.getKeys(pattern);
+
+				if (keys.length > 0) {
+					await this.redisService.delete(keys);
+				}
+			}
+
+			const enabledParticipants = await this.getEnabledParticipantsCount(roomId, capability);
+
+			if (enabledParticipants > 0) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			await this.stopCaptionsAssistantIfRunning(roomId);
+		} catch (error) {
+			this.logger.error(`Error occurred while cleaning up assistant state for room '${roomId}': ${error}`);
+		} finally {
+			await this.mutexService.release(lockName);
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected async validateCreateConditions(roomId: string, capability: MeetAssistantCapabilityName): Promise<void> {
+		if (capability === MeetAssistantCapabilityName.LIVE_CAPTIONS) {
+			if (MEET_ENV.CAPTIONS_ENABLED !== 'true') {
+				throw errorInsufficientPermissions();
+			}
+
+			const room = await this.roomService.getMeetRoom(roomId);
+
+			if (!room.config.captions.enabled) {
+				throw errorInsufficientPermissions();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets or clears the assistant state for a participant in Redis.
+	 * @param roomId
+	 * @param participantIdentity
+	 * @param capability
+	 * @param enabled
+	 */
+	protected async setParticipantAssistantState(
+		roomId: string,
+		participantIdentity: string,
+		capability: MeetAssistantCapabilityName,
+		enabled: boolean
+	): Promise<void> {
+		const key = this.getParticipantAssistantStateKey(roomId, participantIdentity, capability);
+
+		if (!enabled) {
+			await this.redisService.delete(key);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		await this.redisService.setIfNotExists(
+			key,
+			JSON.stringify({
+				enabled: true,
+				updatedAt: Date.now()
+			})
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the count of participants that have the specified assistant capability enabled in the given room.
+	 * @param roomId
+	 * @param capability
+	 * @returns
+	 */
+	protected async getEnabledParticipantsCount(
+		roomId: string,
+		capability: MeetAssistantCapabilityName
+	): Promise<number> {
+		const pattern = `${RedisKeyName.AI_ASSISTANT_PARTICIPANT_STATE}${roomId}:${capability}:*`;
+		const keys = await this.redisService.getKeys(pattern);
+		return keys.length;
+	}
+
+	protected getParticipantAssistantStateKey(
+		roomId: string,
+		participantIdentity: string,
+		capability: MeetAssistantCapabilityName
+	): string {
+		return `${RedisKeyName.AI_ASSISTANT_PARTICIPANT_STATE}${roomId}:${capability}:${participantIdentity}`;
+	}
+
+	protected async stopCaptionsAssistantIfRunning(roomId: string): Promise<void> {
+		const assistants = await this.livekitService.listAgents(roomId);
+		const captionsAssistant = assistants.find(
+			(assistant) => assistant.agentName === INTERNAL_CONFIG.CAPTIONS_AGENT_NAME
+		);
+
+		if (!captionsAssistant) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		await this.livekitService.stopAgent(captionsAssistant.id, roomId);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit-webhook.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit-webhook.service.ts
index dadaa7a0..70e90ace 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit-webhook.service.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit-webhook.service.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { MeetRoomHelper } from '../helpers/room.helper.js';
 import { DistributedEventType } from '../models/distributed-event.model.js';
 import { RecordingRepository } from '../repositories/recording.repository.js';
 import { RoomRepository } from '../repositories/room.repository.js';
+import { AiAssistantService } from './ai-assistant.service.js';
 import { DistributedEventService } from './distributed-event.service.js';
 import { FrontendEventService } from './frontend-event.service.js';
 import { LiveKitService } from './livekit.service.js';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export class LivekitWebhookService {
 		@inject(DistributedEventService) protected distributedEventService: DistributedEventService,
 		@inject(FrontendEventService) protected frontendEventService: FrontendEventService,
 		@inject(RoomMemberService) protected roomMemberService: RoomMemberService,
+		@inject(AiAssistantService) protected aiAssistantService: AiAssistantService,
 		@inject(LoggerService) protected logger: LoggerService
 	) {
 		this.webhookReceiver = new WebhookReceiver(MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_KEY, MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_SECRET);
@@ -189,8 +191,10 @@ export class LivekitWebhookService {
 		if (!this.livekitService.isStandardParticipant(participant)) return;
 
 		try {
-			// Release the participant's reserved name
-			await this.roomMemberService.releaseParticipantName(room.name, participant.name);
+			await Promise.all([
+				this.roomMemberService.releaseParticipantName(room.name, participant.name),
+				this.aiAssistantService.cleanupState(room.name, participant.identity)
+			]);
 			this.logger.verbose(`Released name for participant '${participant.name}' in room '${room.name}'`);
 		} catch (error) {
 			this.logger.error('Error releasing participant name on participant left:', error);
@@ -282,7 +286,8 @@ export class LivekitWebhookService {
 
 			tasks.push(
 				this.roomMemberService.cleanupParticipantNames(roomId),
-				this.recordingService.releaseRecordingLockIfNoEgress(roomId)
+				this.recordingService.releaseRecordingLockIfNoEgress(roomId),
+				this.aiAssistantService.cleanupState(roomId)
 			);
 			await Promise.all(tasks);
 		} catch (error) {
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts
index 72debf17..676d00a4 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/livekit.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { ParticipantInfo_Kind } from '@livekit/protocol';
+import { AgentDispatch, ParticipantInfo_Kind } from '@livekit/protocol';
 import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
 import {
+	AgentDispatchClient,
 	CreateOptions,
 	DataPacket_Kind,
 	EgressClient,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import { LoggerService } from './logger.service.js';
 export class LiveKitService {
 	private egressClient: EgressClient;
 	private roomClient: RoomServiceClient;
+	private agentClient: AgentDispatchClient;
 
 	constructor(@inject(LoggerService) protected logger: LoggerService) {
 		const livekitUrlHostname = MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_URL_PRIVATE.replace(/^ws:/, 'http:').replace(/^wss:/, 'https:');
@@ -40,6 +42,11 @@ export class LiveKitService {
 			MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_KEY,
 			MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_SECRET
 		);
+		this.agentClient = new AgentDispatchClient(
+			livekitUrlHostname,
+			MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_KEY,
+			MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_SECRET
+		);
 	}
 
 	async createRoom(options: CreateOptions): Promise<Room> {
@@ -270,6 +277,67 @@ export class LiveKitService {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Start an agent for a specific room.
+	 * @param roomName
+	 * @param agentName
+	 * @returns The created AgentDispatch
+	 */
+	async createAgent(
+		roomName: string,
+		agentName: string /*, options: CreateDispatchOptions*/
+	): Promise<AgentDispatch> {
+		try {
+			return await this.agentClient.createDispatch(roomName, agentName);
+		} catch (error) {
+			this.logger.error(`Error creating agent dispatch for room '${roomName}':`, error);
+			throw internalError(`creating agent dispatch for room '${roomName}'`);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Lists all agents in a LiveKit room.
+	 * @param roomName
+	 * @returns An array of agents in the specified room
+	 */
+	async listAgents(roomName: string): Promise<AgentDispatch[]> {
+		try {
+			return await this.agentClient.listDispatch(roomName);
+		} catch (error) {
+			this.logger.error(`Error listing agents for room '${roomName}':`, error);
+			throw internalError(`listing agents for room '${roomName}'`);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets an agent dispatch by its ID in a LiveKit room.
+	 * @param roomName
+	 * @param agentId
+	 * @returns The agent if found, otherwise undefined
+	 */
+	async getAgent(roomName: string, agentId: string): Promise<AgentDispatch | undefined> {
+		try {
+			return await this.agentClient.getDispatch(agentId, roomName);
+		} catch (error) {
+			this.logger.error(`Error getting agent dispatch '${agentId}' for room '${roomName}':`, error);
+			throw internalError(`getting agent dispatch '${agentId}' for room '${roomName}'`);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Stops an agent in a LiveKit room.
+	 * @param agentId
+	 * @param roomName
+	 */
+	async stopAgent(agentId: string, roomName: string): Promise<void> {
+		try {
+			await this.agentClient.deleteDispatch(agentId, roomName);
+		} catch (error) {
+			this.logger.error(`Error deleting agent dispatch '${agentId}' for room '${roomName}':`, error);
+			throw internalError(`deleting agent dispatch '${agentId}' for room '${roomName}'`);
+		}
+	}
+
 	async startRoomComposite(
 		roomName: string,
 		output: EncodedFileOutput | StreamOutput,
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/mutex.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/mutex.service.ts
index 637596a0..c6ad4be1 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/mutex.service.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/mutex.service.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,33 @@ export class MutexService {
 		return locks;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Attempts to acquire a lock, retrying up to `maxAttempts` times with a fixed delay between
+	 * attempts. Intended for fire-and-forget flows (e.g. webhooks) where the caller has no
+	 * opportunity to retry externally and a missed lock acquisition would leave the system in an
+	 * inconsistent state.
+	 *
+	 * @param key - The resource to acquire a lock for.
+	 * @param ttl - The time-to-live for the lock in milliseconds.
+	 * @param maxAttempts - Maximum number of acquisition attempts. Defaults to 3.
+	 * @param delayMs - Fixed delay in milliseconds between attempts. Defaults to 200.
+	 * @returns A Promise that resolves to the acquired Lock, or null if all attempts fail.
+	 */
+	async acquireWithRetry(key: string, ttl: number = this.TTL_MS, maxAttempts = 3, delayMs = 200): Promise<Lock | null> {
+		for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
+			const lock = await this.acquire(key, ttl);
+
+			if (lock) return lock;
+
+			if (attempt < maxAttempts) {
+				this.logger.warn(`Lock '${key}' attempt ${attempt}/${maxAttempts} failed. Retrying in ${delayMs}ms...`);
+				await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delayMs));
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	lockExists(key: string): Promise<boolean> {
 		const registryKey = MeetLock.getRegistryLock(key);
 		return this.redisService.exists(registryKey);
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room-member.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room-member.service.ts
index 950ae899..6fcee613 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room-member.service.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/room-member.service.ts
@@ -133,10 +133,9 @@ export class RoomMemberService {
 
 		// Get participant permissions (with join meeting)
 		const permissions = await this.getRoomMemberPermissions(roomId, role, true);
-		const withCaptions = room.config.captions.enabled ?? false;
 
 		// Generate token with participant name
-		return this.tokenService.generateRoomMemberToken(role, permissions, participantName, participantIdentity, withCaptions);
+		return this.tokenService.generateRoomMemberToken(role, permissions, participantName, participantIdentity);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/token.service.ts b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/token.service.ts
index f0af729c..7ed0536d 100644
--- a/meet-ce/backend/src/services/token.service.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/backend/src/services/token.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { RoomAgentDispatch, RoomConfiguration } from '@livekit/protocol';
 import {
 	MeetRoomMemberPermissions,
 	MeetRoomMemberRole,
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ export class TokenService {
 		role: MeetRoomMemberRole,
 		permissions: MeetRoomMemberPermissions,
 		participantName?: string,
-		participantIdentity?: string,
-		roomWithCaptions = false
+		participantIdentity?: string
 	): Promise<string> {
 		const metadata: MeetRoomMemberTokenMetadata = {
 			livekitUrl: MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_URL,
@@ -57,46 +55,16 @@ export class TokenService {
 			ttl: INTERNAL_CONFIG.ROOM_MEMBER_TOKEN_EXPIRATION,
 			metadata: JSON.stringify(metadata)
 		};
-		return await this.generateJwtToken(tokenOptions, permissions.livekit as VideoGrant, roomWithCaptions);
+		return await this.generateJwtToken(tokenOptions, permissions.livekit as VideoGrant);
 	}
 
-	private async generateJwtToken(
-		tokenOptions: AccessTokenOptions,
-		grants?: VideoGrant,
-		roomWithCaptions = false
-	): Promise<string> {
+	private async generateJwtToken(tokenOptions: AccessTokenOptions, grants?: VideoGrant): Promise<string> {
 		const at = new AccessToken(MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_KEY, MEET_ENV.LIVEKIT_API_SECRET, tokenOptions);
 
 		if (grants) {
 			at.addGrant(grants);
 		}
 
-		const captionsEnabledGlobally = MEET_ENV.CAPTIONS_ENABLED === 'true';
-		const captionsEnabledInRoom = Boolean(roomWithCaptions);
-
-		// Warn if configuration is inconsistent
-		if (!captionsEnabledGlobally) {
-			if (captionsEnabledInRoom) {
-				this.logger.warn(
-					`Captions feature is disabled in environment but Room is created with captions enabled. ` +
-						`Please enable captions in environment by setting MEET_CAPTIONS_ENABLED=true to ensure proper functionality.`
-				);
-			}
-
-			return await at.toJwt();
-		}
-
-		if (captionsEnabledInRoom) {
-			this.logger.debug('Activating Captions Agent. Configuring Room Agent Dispatch.');
-			at.roomConfig = new RoomConfiguration({
-				agents: [
-					new RoomAgentDispatch({
-						agentName: INTERNAL_CONFIG.CAPTIONS_AGENT_NAME
-					})
-				]
-			});
-		}
-
 		return await at.toJwt();
 	}
 
diff --git a/meet-ce/typings/src/ai-assistant.ts b/meet-ce/typings/src/ai-assistant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50abcd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meet-ce/typings/src/ai-assistant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * Assistant creation options
+ */
+export interface MeetCreateAssistantRequest {
+	// scope: MeetAssistantScope;
+	capabilities: MeetAssistantCapability[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Defines the scope of an assistant, i.e. the resource(s) it is associated with.
+ */
+// export interface MeetAssistantScope {
+// 	resourceType: MeetAssistantScopeResourceType;
+// 	resourceIds: string[];
+// }
+
+/**
+ * Defines a capability that an assistant can have, such as live captions.
+ */
+export interface MeetAssistantCapability {
+	name: MeetAssistantCapabilityName;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enumeration of supported assistant capabilities.
+ */
+export enum MeetAssistantCapabilityName {
+	LIVE_CAPTIONS = 'live_captions',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enumeration of supported resource types that an assistant can be associated with.
+ */
+// export enum MeetAssistantScopeResourceType {
+// 	MEETING = 'meeting',
+// }
+
+
+export interface MeetCreateAssistantResponse {
+	id: string;
+	status: 'active';
+}
diff --git a/meet-ce/typings/src/index.ts b/meet-ce/typings/src/index.ts
index a10c972f..e830cddd 100644
--- a/meet-ce/typings/src/index.ts
+++ b/meet-ce/typings/src/index.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 export * from './api-key.js';
 export * from './auth-config.js';
-export * from './global-config.js';
 export * from './event.model.js';
+export * from './global-config.js';
 
 export * from './permissions/livekit-permissions.js';
 export * from './permissions/meet-permissions.js';
-export * from './sort-pagination.js';
 export * from './room-member.js';
+export * from './sort-pagination.js';
 export * from './user.js';
 
+export * from './ai-assistant.js';
+export * from './analytics.js';
+export * from './recording.model.js';
 export * from './room-config.js';
 export * from './room.js';
-export * from './recording.model.js';
 export * from './webhook.model.js';
-export * from './analytics.js';
 
 // Webcomponent types
 export * from './webcomponent/command.model.js';
 export * from './webcomponent/event.model.js';
 export * from './webcomponent/message.type.js';
 export * from './webcomponent/properties.model.js';
+