The "Company" In Murderbot Explained

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Murderbot season 1, episode 2 & The Murderbot Diaries.The characters of Apple TV+'s Murderbot frequently reference or mention "the Company," but the show doesn't do much in the way of explaining what the Company actually is. The Company was immediately an important part of Murderbot: Murderbot (Alexander Skarsgård) works for and is owned by it, and the members of PreservationAux had to deal with it directly to begin their survey. By the end of Murderbot episode 2, it was clear that the Company was an evil entity to both humans and bots, but we still didn't know much about them. The characters of Murderbot always speak about it like it's a well-understood entity, which means they don't explain much about them.