# GitLab founding date

entity: /record/gitlab.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/gitlab/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-04  

As of November 4, 2026, GitLab's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 2011, dated January 1, 2011, from 2 secondary sources (runningremote.com and handbook.gitlab.com). The record holds 1 claim on GitLab's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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 2026-11-04.

- [GitLab](/record/gitlab.md) | founded | 2011-01-01 | valid 2011-01-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_F2B6CD86826C](/claim/clm_F2B6CD86826C.md)
  sources: https://runningremote.com/speaker/dmitriy-zaporozhets/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55589254, https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/history/

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [GitLab](/record/gitlab.md) | founded | 2011-01-01 | valid 2011-01-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_F2B6CD86826C](/claim/clm_F2B6CD86826C.md)
  sources: https://runningremote.com/speaker/dmitriy-zaporozhets/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55589254, https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/history/

## Questions this record answers

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

January 1, 2011, dated January 1, 2011, from 2 secondary sources (runningremote.com and handbook.gitlab.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 4, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


## Get this data

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

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