Project P.R.O.T.E.A.N. (Picotech Regenerative Ordnance with a Tactically Evolving Adaptation Network) was a project developed by Stark Industries. The aim of the project was to create intelligent machines that could regenerate or modify whatever they were built for. It was shut down after being categorized as questionable and dangerous. After his dismissal from Stark Industries, Kearson DeWitt revived the project at A.I.M.