What is the name of the modern company that secretly controls the Animus in Assassin's Creed?

The modern company that secretly controls the Animus in Assassin's Creed is Abstergo Industries.

Abstergo is presented as a powerful multinational corporation whose public businesses conceal its connection to the Templars. It uses Animus technology to access genetic memories and searches those memories for Pieces of Eden and other advantages.

The company's name appears throughout the modern-day story, beginning with the first Assassin's Creed game, where Desmond Miles is held at an Abstergo facility. Warren Vidic and later figures use the Animus as part of the corporation's research and Templar objectives.

Abstergo is fictional and should not be confused with Ubisoft, the real company that publishes the games. Its name also appears in products and subsidiaries within the series, including Abstergo Entertainment, which develops entertainment based on genetic-memory research.