{"entity":"cisco","id":"ent_cisco","name":"Cisco","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/cisco/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Cisco's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 1984, dated January 1, 1984, from 2 secondary sources (ebsco.com and news.networktigers.com). The record holds 1 claim on Cisco's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_D5F9D76EEB37"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_D5F9D76EEB37","value":"1984-01-01","valid_from":"1984-01-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2025-01-17","recorded":"2026-10-28","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173395","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/computer-science/cisco-systems-inc/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"ebsco.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://news.networktigers.com/oem-outlook/a-history-of-cisco-systems-inc/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"news.networktigers.com","published_at":"2025-01-17T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-29","quote":"Company Information Date Founded: 1984 Industry: computer networking; technology Corporate Headquarters: San Jose, California","url":"https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/computer-science/cisco-systems-inc/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Cisco's current founding date?","answer":"January 1, 1984, dated January 1, 1984, from 2 secondary sources (ebsco.com and news.networktigers.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 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"}}}