What fictional corporation operates the Animus in the modern-day storyline of Assassin's Creed?

Abstergo Industries is the fictional corporation associated with the Animus in Assassin's Creed's modern-day storyline.

Abstergo presents itself as a powerful multinational company, but it is secretly controlled by the modern Templar Order. Through the Animus, Abstergo can access genetic memories inherited through a person's ancestors, allowing modern researchers to observe historical events.

The corporation is central to the series' framing device. Historical adventures are not isolated stories: they are often being viewed, recorded, or manipulated by people in the present. Abstergo's projects seek knowledge and influence that can help the Templars impose their vision of order.

The name is easy to mix up with the Animus, which is the memory-viewing machine rather than the company. It is also separate from the Assassin Brotherhood, Abstergo's long-standing ideological enemy.