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The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."},{"question":"When did Alphabet Inc.'s employee count last change?","answer":"The latest value on the record is 204,757 (Q3 2026), dated September 30, 2026; before it the record holds 198,933 (Q2 2026), dated June 30, 2026 and closed on September 30, 2026."},{"question":"What was Alphabet Inc.'s employee count before 204,757?","answer":"198,933 (Q2 2026), valid from June 30, 2026 to September 30, 2026 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed).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"}}}