A.I.M.

A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) is a secret weapons and intelligence agency.

Iron Man 3
Advanced Idea Mechanics was founded by Aldrich Killian possibly sometime before 1999. In it's early days, A.I.M. was used by Killian as a ThinkTank to invent new ideas. After trying to recruit Tony Stark into A.I.M. and failing, Killian instead employed Maya Hansen where the two created Extremis, a project developed to regrow limbs and heal people on command.

Over the years and the progress of Extremis, Killian's goals eventually changed and he instead intended to use subjects who recieved the Extremis Treatment as Soldiers. Employing everyone exposed to Extremis into his employ as Assassins and Soldiers, Killian at some point began working with the Ten Rings (Possibly as the Mandarin, in which case he would have also invented them) and hired failed british actor, Trevor Slattery. Trevor was paid to act as the Mandarin and claim responsibilities for bombings across America which were actually just failed Extremis Experiments in which the subject would explode from their Body rejecting the treatment.

To his new end, Killian intended to have the "Mandarin" kill the President of the United States and replace him with the Vice President who was willing to do as Killian demanded in exchange for Extremis to heal his Daughter. With the "Mandarin" in one hand and the President in the other, Killian intended to orchestrate a new War and sell his Extremis Soldiers to the Army, making billions.

The plan was however thwarted by James Rhodes and Tony Stark, the latter of which defeated all Extremis Soldiers and killed Killian. Trevor was also exposed and arrested but it is unclear whether or not A.I.M. is still functioning with Killian or has since been shut down.

Ant-Man (film)
To be added

Iron Man
A.I.M. were former clients of Stark Industries who built an army based on Stark technology, with some of it being sold clandestinely by Obadiah Stane. When Tony Stark started searching for stolen Stark technology using the Iron Man armor, he faced A.I.M. and their nuclear depots in Russia, facing their own version of Iron Man, the Titanium Man and the twisted Controller. After Iron Man frustrated every attempt of A.I.M. to get Nuclear energy, they decided to launch a massive attack on Stark Industries, kidnapping Tony Stark's secretary Pepper Potts. After Mrs. Potts was saved, A.I.M. decided to deploy a Proton Cannon in charge of the Melter with the intention to attack civilian targets, but they where stopped again by armored hero.

Iron Man 2
A.I.M. worked with Kearson DeWitt in collaboration with Roxxon to perfect the Ultimo Program.

Iron Man 3
Coming soon.