# Cognizant founding date

entity: /record/cognizant.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/cognizant/founded  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, Cognizant's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 1994, dated January 1, 1994, from a primary source (news.cognizant.com). The record holds 1 claim on Cognizant's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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 2026-10-31.

- [Cognizant](/record/cognizant.md) | founded | 1994-01-01 | valid 1994-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_BDCF5AF9D67B](/claim/clm_BDCF5AF9D67B.md)
  sources: https://news.cognizant.com/2019-01-25-Cognizant-Celebrates-25-Years2, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107035

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Cognizant](/record/cognizant.md) | founded | 1994-01-01 | valid 1994-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_BDCF5AF9D67B](/claim/clm_BDCF5AF9D67B.md)
  sources: https://news.cognizant.com/2019-01-25-Cognizant-Celebrates-25-Years2, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107035

## Questions this record answers

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

January 1, 1994, dated January 1, 1994, from a primary source (news.cognizant.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/cognizant/founded (this fact) · /v1/entities/cognizant?predicates=founded (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "cognizant", predicates: ["founded"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/cognizant.md · timeline: /timelines/cognizant.md

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