# Tesla founder

entity: /record/tesla.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/tesla/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Tesla's founders on the AsOf record are Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, each a claim of its own with its date, from 4 sources in all. The record holds 2 claims on Tesla's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | founder | Martin Eberhard | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_D8602372CE1C](/claim/clm_D8602372CE1C.md)
  sources: https://marketrealist.com/p/who-really-founded-tesla/, https://www.wired.com/2009/06/tesla-founder/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214
- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | founder | Marc Tarpenning | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_FCE104EEF44A](/claim/clm_FCE104EEF44A.md)
  sources: https://www.wired.com/2009/06/tesla-founder/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214, https://marctarpenning.com/

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | founder | Martin Eberhard | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_D8602372CE1C](/claim/clm_D8602372CE1C.md)
  sources: https://marketrealist.com/p/who-really-founded-tesla/, https://www.wired.com/2009/06/tesla-founder/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214
- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | founder | Marc Tarpenning | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_FCE104EEF44A](/claim/clm_FCE104EEF44A.md)
  sources: https://www.wired.com/2009/06/tesla-founder/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214, https://marctarpenning.com/

## Questions this record answers

### Who are Tesla's founders?

Martin Eberhard (undated) and Marc Tarpenning (undated), as the record asserts them on November 1, 2026.


## Get this data

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

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