# OpenAI founding date

entity: /record/openai.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/openai/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-13  
cite: AsOf. "OpenAI founded: 2015-12-11", as of 2015-12-11. Claim clm_B5B79A54737B, https://asof.is/claim/clm_B5B79A54737B, accessed 2026-11-13. Source: https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai.  

As of November 13, 2026, OpenAI's founding date on the AsOf record is December 11, 2015, dated December 11, 2015, from a primary source (openai.com) and 4 further sources (research.contrary.com, opencorporates.com, bbc.com and crunchbase.com).

1 claim on OpenAI's founding date, 1 open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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 2026-11-13.

- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founded | 2015-12-11 | valid 2015-12-11 to present | conf 0.90 | valid | [clm_B5B79A54737B](/claim/clm_B5B79A54737B.md)
  sources: https://research.contrary.com/company/openai, https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/5902936, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35082344, https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founded | 2015-12-11 | valid 2015-12-11 to present | conf 0.90 | valid | [clm_B5B79A54737B](/claim/clm_B5B79A54737B.md)
  sources: https://research.contrary.com/company/openai, https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/5902936, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35082344, https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai

## Questions this record answers

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

December 11, 2015, dated December 11, 2015, from a primary source (openai.com) and 4 further sources (research.contrary.com, opencorporates.com, bbc.com and crunchbase.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 13, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.90).


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