Pym Technologies

Pym Technologies was the brainchild of Hank Pym and his ex-wife, Janet van Dyne.

Prior to 2014, Pym headed up Pym Scientific Studies. His team was small and much of his work was extremely theoretical and had limited applications. After the Ultron debacle in 2014, Pym's professional reputation was in tatters and he struggled to find regular employment. The significant down payment from the US Government dried up fast and Pym was facing foreclosure of his small research company as well as his personal property.

Shortly after meeting oner another, Janet and Hank began working out a permanent solution to Hank's financial difficulties. Janet's substantial family wealth gave her significant resources to negotiate better borrowing terms and establish Hank as the chief research officer for the newly formed Pym Technologies. Janet became the CEO and the two held majority shares of the company. With her marketing and business savvy (and some heavy-handed encouragement for Hank to do 'practical' research), Pym Technologies made hundreds of millions of dollars when they announced their IPO as they joined NASDAQ.

Pym Technologies is one of the foremost research centers in the world. The single research campus supports around 150 researches and employs nearly 1200 support staff and administrative personnel. Teams of scientists pursue experiments relating to cybernetics, high-energy radiation, and mechanical engineering. Pym forbids research into synthetics or AI intelligence; the only individual permitted to maintain such studies is the android known as Vision.

In 2021, Pym Technologies invested in the all-female science startup known as G.I.R.L. Headed by Nadia Pym-van Dyne, it is a tech research and development facility that works in a broad array of disciplines, from biotechnology to high-energy physics. GIRL is independent from Pym Technologies, though they have a permanent lease agreement with the Pym Tech Board of Directors and offer Pym Technologies first right of refusal to purchase or license any technologies they develop.

Pym Technologies has a market cap of approximately $4.1 billion dollars in terms of real-estate holdings, intellectual property and product output. Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym remain the majority shareholders, holding 51% of the private stock value. Nadia Pym-van Dyne has a seat on the Board of Directors due to her stock portfolio and the contributions GIRL brings to Pym Tech's output.