{"entity":"android","id":"ent_android","name":"Android","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/android/founder","as_of":"2026-11-03","summary":"As of November 3, 2026, Android's founder on the AsOf record is Rich Miner, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (velvetech.com and androidauthority.com). The record holds 2 claims on Android's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_FBF048C55F2A"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_13DBB3522234","value":"Andy Rubin","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2024-10-15","recorded":"2026-10-31","confidence":0.6,"status":"unverified","assertable":false,"why_not":"unverified","superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.androidauthority.com/history-android-os-name-789433/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"androidauthority.com","published_at":"2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-31","quote":"Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White, and Andy Rubin were its four founders.","url":"https://www.androidauthority.com/history-android-os-name-789433/"}},{"id":"clm_FBF048C55F2A","value":"Rich Miner","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2024-10-15","recorded":"2026-10-31","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://velvetech.com/blog/brief-history-android-software-development/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"velvetech.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.androidauthority.com/history-android-os-name-789433/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"androidauthority.com","published_at":"2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-31","quote":"Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White, and Andy Rubin were its four founders.","url":"https://www.androidauthority.com/history-android-os-name-789433/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Android's current founder?","answer":"Rich Miner, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (velvetech.com and androidauthority.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 3, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80)."}],"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":{"unverified":"Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it."},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}