The Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII) was started in 1988 as an initiative by the Hawke government.
It was backed by support from the Computer Power Group, SRI International, and the Victorian State Government.
The director of the group was Michael Georgeff who came from SRI, contributing his experience with the PRS and vision in the domain of intelligent agents.
At its peak it had more than 40 staff and took up two floors of an office building on the corner of Latrobe and Russell Streets.
After the AAII shutdown, those staff that remained and the intellectual property were transferred to Agentis International.