# LinkedIn founding date

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

As of November 1, 2026, LinkedIn's founding date on the AsOf record is December 1, 2002, dated December 1, 2002, from 2 secondary sources (connectsafely.ai and powerin.io). The record holds 1 claim on LinkedIn's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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.

- [LinkedIn](/record/linkedin.md) | founded | 2002-12-01 | valid 2002-12-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_0AFDFF7B62CA](/claim/clm_0AFDFF7B62CA.md)
  sources: https://connectsafely.ai/articles/history-of-linkedin-complete-timeline-2026, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213660, https://www.powerin.io/blog/history-of-linkedin

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [LinkedIn](/record/linkedin.md) | founded | 2002-12-01 | valid 2002-12-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_0AFDFF7B62CA](/claim/clm_0AFDFF7B62CA.md)
  sources: https://connectsafely.ai/articles/history-of-linkedin-complete-timeline-2026, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213660, https://www.powerin.io/blog/history-of-linkedin

## Questions this record answers

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

December 1, 2002, dated December 1, 2002, from 2 secondary sources (connectsafely.ai and powerin.io). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85).


## Get this data

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

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