# PayPal founding date

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

As of November 1, 2026, PayPal's founding date on the AsOf record is December 1, 1998, dated December 1, 1998, from 2 secondary sources (electronicpaymentsinternational.com and quartr.com). The record holds 1 claim on PayPal's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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.

- [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | founded | 1998-12-01 | valid 1998-12-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_50F9F91F3736](/claim/clm_50F9F91F3736.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/the-paypal-story-online-payment-pioneers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [PayPal](/record/paypal.md) | founded | 1998-12-01 | valid 1998-12-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_50F9F91F3736](/claim/clm_50F9F91F3736.md)
  sources: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/, https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/the-paypal-story-online-payment-pioneers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959

## Questions this record answers

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

December 1, 1998, dated December 1, 1998, from 2 secondary sources (electronicpaymentsinternational.com and quartr.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85).


## Get this data

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

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