10 Things You Didn't Know About Ironheart
2. Developing Ironheart
Tony Stark had created an artificial intelligence version of his consciousness and when he fell into a coma after battling Captain Marvel during the second Civil War, the AI was shipped to Riri Williams and assisted her in creating a new more streamlined version of her armour. It was the Stark AI that suggested the name “Ironheart.”
Pepper Potts, in the Rescue Armour, tried to discuss the dangers of being a superhero, especially an armoured one. However, they are attacked by the Techno Golem and her Biohack Ninjas After Rescue and Ironheart defeat Tomoe and the Ninjas, they convene in Tony’s Hall of Armour, where Riri shows her extensive knowledge of the various Iron Man armours. They are joined by Stark’s personal assistant Mary Jane Watson, his biological mother Amanda Armstrong, and his AI Friday. Armstrong offered to allow Williams to use the Stark labs as her base of operations if she wished. She was flattered but hesitant but Pepper, impressed by the young heroine, encouraged her to accept.
However, the next day, the dean of the M.I.T. came to the Williams home to convince her to continue to work in their labs. Not only do they want the prestige of having their own superhero there, but the fastidious teen kept the lab in much better condition than its current occupants.