{"entity":"airbnb","id":"ent_airbnb","name":"Airbnb","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/airbnb/founded","as_of":"2026-11-07","summary":"As of November 7, 2026, Airbnb's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 2008, dated January 1, 2008, from a primary source (airbnb.com) and one further source (preceden.com). The record holds 1 claim on Airbnb's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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":["clm_AD477B055F53"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_AD477B055F53","value":"2008-01-01","valid_from":"2008-01-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2008-08-11","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.airbnb.com/about/about-us","tier":"primary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63327","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-airbnb","tier":"secondary","publisher":"preceden.com","published_at":"2008-08-11T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-05","quote":"Founded in 2008 in San Francisco by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, it grew from renting air mattresses to a global platform operating in over 220 countries","url":"https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-airbnb"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Airbnb's current founding date?","answer":"January 1, 2008, dated January 1, 2008, from a primary source (airbnb.com) and one further source (preceden.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 7, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}