{"entity":"apple","id":"ent_apple","name":"Apple Inc.","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/apple/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Apple Inc.'s founding date on the AsOf record is April 1, 1976, dated April 1, 1976, from 2 secondary sources (cultofmac.com and macrumors.com). The record holds 1 claim on Apple Inc.'s founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_C590E49ADB72"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_C590E49ADB72","value":"1976-04-01","valid_from":"1976-04-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2026-04-01","recorded":"2026-10-28","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-computer-founded","tier":"secondary","publisher":"cultofmac.com","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/01/apple-turns-40-history-timeline/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"macrumors.com","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-29","quote":"April 1, 1976: The Apple Computer Company is founded by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.","url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-computer-founded"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Apple Inc.'s current founding date?","answer":"April 1, 1976, dated April 1, 1976, from 2 secondary sources (cultofmac.com and macrumors.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 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":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}