What is the name of the fictional corporation in Assassin's Creed's modern-day storyline?

Abstergo Industries is the fictional corporation 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. Its research includes the Animus, a machine that allows users to experience genetic memories inherited from their ancestors.

The corporation's name appears throughout the franchise, linking the historical adventures to the modern conflict between Templars and Assassins. Abstergo also develops entertainment and research products that let people access reconstructed memories, including the Helix platform featured in later games.

A common mix-up is treating the Animus as the company. The Animus is the technology, while Abstergo Industries is the organization that develops and operates it. Desmond Miles is one of the early characters forced to use an Abstergo Animus to relive Altaïr's memories.