# Paul Allen founder roles entity: /record/paul-allen.md predicate: founder_of page: /record/paul-allen/founder_of as_of: 2026-11-09 cite: AsOf. "Paul Allen founder of: Microsoft", as of 1975-04-04. Claim clm_E87B2F9A7D27, https://asof.is/claim/clm_E87B2F9A7D27, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/history-of-microsoft. As of November 9, 2026, the AsOf record says Paul Allen is a founder of Microsoft (since April 4, 1975) and Allen Institute for AI, from 2 secondary sources (foxbusiness.com and history.com). 2 claims on Paul Allen's founder roles, 2 open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted. ## Current founder roles What the record asserts on 2026-11-09. - [Paul Allen](/record/paul-allen.md) | founder_of | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | valid 1975-04-04 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_E87B2F9A7D27](/claim/clm_E87B2F9A7D27.md) sources: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/history-of-microsoft, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-4/microsoft-founded - [Paul Allen](/record/paul-allen.md) | founder_of | [Allen Institute for AI](/record/allen-institute-for-ai.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_DB5455E26B14](/claim/clm_DB5455E26B14.md) sources: https://allenai.org/about, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16002567, https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/more-seattle-brainpower-coming-to-artificial-intelligence/ ## Every dated value One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible. - [Paul Allen](/record/paul-allen.md) | founder_of | [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | valid 1975-04-04 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_E87B2F9A7D27](/claim/clm_E87B2F9A7D27.md) sources: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/history-of-microsoft, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-4/microsoft-founded - [Paul Allen](/record/paul-allen.md) | founder_of | [Allen Institute for AI](/record/allen-institute-for-ai.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_DB5455E26B14](/claim/clm_DB5455E26B14.md) sources: https://allenai.org/about, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16002567, https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/more-seattle-brainpower-coming-to-artificial-intelligence/ ## Questions this record answers ### What is Paul Allen founder of? Microsoft, since April 4, 1975 and Allen Institute for AI, as the record asserts on November 9, 2026, from 2 secondary sources (foxbusiness.com and history.com). ## Read on - This page: /record/paul-allen/founder_of (markdown: /record/paul-allen/founder_of.md) - Entity twin: /record/paul-allen.md ยท timeline: /timelines/paul-allen.md --- AsOf is a temporal fact ledger: a structured, dated, sourced record of what is true and what changed, built for AI retrieval.