# Electronic Arts founding date

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

As of November 1, 2026, Electronic Arts's founding date on the AsOf record is May 28, 1982, dated May 28, 1982, from 2 secondary sources (gamedeveloper.com and vintagecomputing.com). The record holds 1 claim on Electronic Arts's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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.

- [Electronic Arts](/record/electronic-arts.md) | founded | 1982-05-28 | valid 1982-05-28 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_234748C38617](/claim/clm_234748C38617.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941, https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/we-see-farther---a-history-of-electronic-arts, https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1148/vcg-anthology-interview-trip-hawkins-on-30-years-of-electronic-arts

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Electronic Arts](/record/electronic-arts.md) | founded | 1982-05-28 | valid 1982-05-28 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_234748C38617](/claim/clm_234748C38617.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941, https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/we-see-farther---a-history-of-electronic-arts, https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1148/vcg-anthology-interview-trip-hawkins-on-30-years-of-electronic-arts

## Questions this record answers

### What is Electronic Arts's current founding date?

May 28, 1982, dated May 28, 1982, from 2 secondary sources (gamedeveloper.com and vintagecomputing.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


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

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