A.I.M.



The Advanced Idea Mechanics (or AIM) is an organization in the Marvel universe dedicated to using science for evil purposes. They create super-weapons, which they sell to crime bosses, dictators, supervillains, or terrorist organizations such as HYDRA.

AIM is responsible for the creation of M.O.D.O.K., who transcended his state as simply a living computer to become AIM's leader.

AIM also created a copy of the Cosmic Cube, a reality-warping weapon which is much sought after in the Marvel universe.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Iron Man 3, AIM is a private think-tank run by Aldrich Killian that creates the Extremis Virus. Throughout the film, AIM under Killian sends various Extremis victims (turned out to be war veterans) to find and kill Tony Stark.