# Valve Corporation founding date

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

As of November 1, 2026, Valve Corporation's founding date on the AsOf record is August 24, 1996, dated August 24, 1996, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and forbes.com). The record holds 1 claim on Valve Corporation's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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.

- [Valve Corporation](/record/valve.md) | founded | 1996-08-24 | valid 1996-08-24 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_46117185EE82](/claim/clm_46117185EE82.md)
  sources: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193559, https://www.forbes.com/companies/valve/

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Valve Corporation](/record/valve.md) | founded | 1996-08-24 | valid 1996-08-24 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_46117185EE82](/claim/clm_46117185EE82.md)
  sources: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193559, https://www.forbes.com/companies/valve/

## Questions this record answers

### What is Valve Corporation's current founding date?

August 24, 1996, dated August 24, 1996, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and forbes.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.70).


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- Entity twin: /record/valve.md · timeline: /timelines/valve.md

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