AISI ni ijwi ry'inganda z'ibyuma zo muri Amerika ya Ruguru mu rwego rwa politiki rusange, kandi iteza imbere ibyuma ku isoko nk'ibikoresho bikunzwe cyane. AISI kandi igira uruhare runini mu iterambere no mu ikoreshwa ry'ibyuma bishya n'ikoranabuhanga ryo gukora ibyuma.

AISI igizwe n'amasosiyete 18 agize ishyirahamwe, harimo abakora ibyuma bivanze n'ibikoresha amashanyarazi, hamwe n'abanyamuryango bagera ku 120 bafatanya nabo batanga cyangwa abakiriya b'inganda z'ibyuma.