AAI

What AAI does

AAI is a private, for-profit architecture and planning firm founded in 1979 and headquartered in San Jose, California. The company provides designing and architecture services and operates with a small workforce of 11-50 employees, positioning it as a boutique practice in the US architecture sector. The firm's public web presence at aaidesign.com currently displays a default cPanel placeholder rather than active content, indicating the site is either offline, in transition, or has lost its hosting configuration.

No specific service lines, project portfolio, technical capabilities, client base, pricing model, or financial disclosures were identified for the architecture firm in the available source material. No management team, partnerships, funding history, awards, certifications, or technology stack data were surfaced. The firmographic record provides only the most basic identifying attributes.

The aggregated source data associated with the 'AAI' designation predominantly describes other unrelated entities—principally India's Airports Authority of India (a statutory airport operator and air navigation services provider), a gymnastic equipment manufacturer, and a former UK Halma plc subsidiary disposed of in September 2025 for approximately £10m. These references appear to reflect data attribution errors across multiple unrelated entities sharing the 'AAI' abbreviation rather than relevant intelligence about the San Jose architecture firm, and they have been excluded from substantive analysis.

Name

AAI

Legal name

Airports Authority of India

Website

https://aaidesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AAI is a private architecture and planning firm founded in 1979 in San Jose, California, offering designing and architecture services with a small team of 11-50 employees. Public operational, financial, and customer data is limited, and the firm's website is currently inactive.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Urban planning services
• Building design consulting
• Architectural planning
• Design and drafting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Airport Operations and Management: AAI operates and manages airports across India, generating revenue through aeronautical charges (landing, parking, navigation fees) and non-aeronautical revenue (retail, advertising, cargo). Profitability is concentrated at a small number of high-traffic airports, with six PPP airports contributing over 30% of net profit in FY25, while most core network airports remain loss-making.
2. Per-Passenger Fees from Private Airports: AAI receives per-passenger fees from private airport operators under revenue sharing arrangements. Private operators are contractually obligated to remit fees to AAI, creating a revenue stream that continues even when AERA tariff reductions compress operator margins.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

AAI is an architecture and planning company that offers designing and architecture services. The firm provides architectural design and planning solutions to clients requiring building design, drafting, and urban planning support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Services Professional architecture and planning services including designing for building, urban, and site development projects. Targeted at clients in the United States requiring architectural design expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• Six PPP airports contribute over 30% of AAI's net profit in FY25

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bharat TaximinorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2026AAI partnered with the cooperative-based ride-hailing platform Bharat Taxi launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. AAI is part of the multi-agency agreement including Delhi Traffic Police, NeGD, and DMRC to improve safety, efficiency, and regulation across transport sectors.
• Association of Private Airport Operators (APAO)coreOthersAPAO represents private airport operators in India and has submitted formal requests to the Civil Aviation ministry regarding user development fees and revenue share payments to AAI. The association argues that AERA's 25% tariff reduction creates cash flow strain while operators remain contractually obligated to remit per-passenger fees to AAI.

Scale indicators3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global architecture, design, and planning firm headquartered in San Francisco with significant Bay Area presence. While much larger than AAI, Gensler competes for many of the same commercial and tech-sector architectural projects in the San Jose market.
• HKS: Global architecture and design firm with strengths in commercial, healthcare, and sports/entertainment sectors. Operates in similar markets to AAI but at substantially larger scale.
• Perkins&Will: International architecture and design firm with offices across North America. While significantly larger, Perkins&Will serves similar commercial, healthcare, and institutional client segments with comparable architectural services.
• HOK: Global architecture, design, and engineering firm serving commercial, healthcare, aviation, and institutional sectors. Much larger than AAI but competes in the broader commercial architecture market that AAI also serves.
• SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill): One of the largest global architecture, engineering, and planning firms. While much larger and broader than AAI, SOM competes for high-value commercial and institutional projects in the California market.
• NBBJ: Global architecture and design firm with strong healthcare and commercial practices. Serves many of the same client segments as AAI but at significantly larger scale and with broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• Steinberg Hart: California-based architecture and planning firm with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Most directly comparable in geographic focus and market segments, serving similar California clients across residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects.

Direct peers

• WRNS Studio: California-based architecture firm focused on civic, educational, and commercial projects. Comparable in scale and geographic focus to AAI, serving similar West Coast clients in comparable project types.
• SmithGroup: Integrated architecture, engineering, and planning firm with offices across the US. Offers a comparable mix of services to AAI across multiple sectors, with similar firm-wide scope and approach.
• HGA Architects and Engineers: National architecture and engineering firm of comparable scale to AAI. Provides integrated architectural and engineering services across multiple sectors with a similar firm-wide structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aai_design
• Facebookfacebook.com/aai-design-67388870100
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aai_2

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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