{"entity":"block","id":"ent_block","name":"Block, Inc.","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/block/founded","as_of":"2026-11-04","summary":"As of November 4, 2026, Block, Inc.'s founding date on the AsOf record is February 1, 2009, dated February 1, 2009, from 2 secondary sources (bitstamp.net and sec.gov). The record holds 1 claim on Block, Inc.'s founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_AA3D5D4500BD"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_AA3D5D4500BD","value":"2009-02-01","valid_from":"2009-02-01","valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-28","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110778747","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.bitstamp.net/learn/company-profiles/what-is-block-inc/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"bitstamp.net","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000151267316000002/a10-kfilingsquareinc2015.htm","tier":"secondary","publisher":"sec.gov","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-29","quote":"Block, Inc. was originally founded in 2009 as Square Inc.","url":"https://www.bitstamp.net/learn/company-profiles/what-is-block-inc/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Block, Inc.'s current founding date?","answer":"February 1, 2009, dated February 1, 2009, from 2 secondary sources (bitstamp.net and sec.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 4, 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"}}}