# Cisco founding date

entity: /record/cisco.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/cisco/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Cisco's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 1984, dated January 1, 1984, from 2 secondary sources (ebsco.com and news.networktigers.com). The record holds 1 claim on Cisco's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Cisco](/record/cisco.md) | founded | 1984-01-01 | valid 1984-01-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_D5F9D76EEB37](/claim/clm_D5F9D76EEB37.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173395, https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/computer-science/cisco-systems-inc/, https://news.networktigers.com/oem-outlook/a-history-of-cisco-systems-inc/

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Cisco](/record/cisco.md) | founded | 1984-01-01 | valid 1984-01-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_D5F9D76EEB37](/claim/clm_D5F9D76EEB37.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173395, https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/computer-science/cisco-systems-inc/, https://news.networktigers.com/oem-outlook/a-history-of-cisco-systems-inc/

## Questions this record answers

### What is Cisco's current founding date?

January 1, 1984, dated January 1, 1984, from 2 secondary sources (ebsco.com and news.networktigers.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/cisco/founded (this fact) · /v1/entities/cisco?predicates=founded (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "cisco", predicates: ["founded"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/cisco/founded.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/cisco.md · timeline: /timelines/cisco.md

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