Alien: Earth - What Are the 5 Corporations That Control the Planet?

The year is 2120, and the old system of nations and governments has ended. Out of that collapse rose five megacorporations—Weyland-Yutani, Prodigy, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold. Together, they formed a council to guide and govern the planet. This period is known as the Corporate Era, a time when corporations took over the responsibilities once held by governments.

A central theme of this era is the race for immortality. Each corporation pursues it in different ways, some through technology, others through biology. The search for extending human life defines much of their ambition and competition.

Weyland-Yutani

Weyland-Yutani is the most familiar name from the Alien franchise. The company was born from a merger in 2099 between Weyland Corp, founded by Peter Weyland with a focus on terraforming and interstellar exploration, and Yutani Corporation, a Japanese dynasty where leadership is traditionally passed from mother to daughter.

In Alien: Earth, Weyland-Yutani continues to expand its influence. They are developing cyborg technology as part of their approach to immortality. The company owns the USCSS Maginot, a vessel that crashes on Earth carrying alien specimens originally commissioned by a previous Yutani generation. The current head of Yutani considers these specimens her “birthright”.

Weyland-Yutani’s domains include North and South America, as well as Mars and Saturn.

Prodigy

Prodigy is the newest of the five corporations, founded around 2110 by Boy Kavalier, known as the “youngest trillionaire ever”. Kavalier built the company with a focus on synthetics and artificial intelligence, presenting it as a lean and modern alternative to older giants like Weyland-Yutani.

Prodigy’s most notable achievement is the creation of hybrids—android bodies that can carry a transferred human consciousness, which, to be frank, is basically killing the human and replacing them with AI. Yep, I believe those six kids are dead, and these ‘things’ are nothing more than AI bots. And Kavalier dares to market it as the future of humanity!! This technology is presented as a new path toward immortality.

The corporation’s territories include Asia, Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, Greenland, and Iceland. Prodigy also operates Prodigy City in New Siam and the research island known as Neverland, where their hybrid projects are developed. They provide emergency and crisis response services through their own specialized teams.

Dynamic, Lynch, and Threshold

The other three corporations remain largely mysterious, with limited information revealed so far:

Dynamic controls Northern Africa, the Middle East, and the Moon.

Lynch governs the territory of Russia.

Threshold oversees Europe, Scandinavia, and the British Isles.

Although their territories are vast and historically significant, their inner workings and goals have not yet been explored in detail.

Conclusion

The Corporate Era marks a major shift in the Alien universe. The five megacorporations have replaced nations as the ruling powers of Earth, dividing the planet into vast domains while competing in the pursuit of immortality. Alien: Earth sets the stage for their stories, with Weyland-Yutani and Prodigy taking the lead roles so far, while Dynamic, Lynch, and Threshold wait in the shadows.