# Qualcomm founding date

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

As of November 1, 2026, Qualcomm's founding date on the AsOf record is July 1, 1985, dated July 1, 1985, from 2 secondary sources (bccresearch.com and quartr.com). The record holds 1 claim on Qualcomm's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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.

- [Qualcomm](/record/qualcomm.md) | founded | 1985-07-01 | valid 1985-07-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_44F603511651](/claim/clm_44F603511651.md)
  sources: https://www.bccresearch.com/company-index/profile/qualcomm-technologies-inc/history, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/irwin-jacobs-andrew-viterbi-qualcomms-pioneering-founders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544847

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Qualcomm](/record/qualcomm.md) | founded | 1985-07-01 | valid 1985-07-01 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_44F603511651](/claim/clm_44F603511651.md)
  sources: https://www.bccresearch.com/company-index/profile/qualcomm-technologies-inc/history, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/irwin-jacobs-andrew-viterbi-qualcomms-pioneering-founders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544847

## Questions this record answers

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

July 1, 1985, dated July 1, 1985, from 2 secondary sources (bccresearch.com and quartr.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


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- JSON: /v1/entities/qualcomm/founded (this fact) · /v1/entities/qualcomm?predicates=founded (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "qualcomm", predicates: ["founded"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/qualcomm.md · timeline: /timelines/qualcomm.md

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