{"entity":"ebay","id":"ent_ebay","name":"eBay","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/ebay/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, eBay's founding date on the AsOf record is September 3, 1995, dated September 3, 1995, from 2 secondary sources (poynter.org and preceden.com). The record holds 1 claim on eBay's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_EC012DDEFA75"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_EC012DDEFA75","value":"1995-09-03","valid_from":"1995-09-03","valid_to":null,"published":"1995-09-03","recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58024","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2014/today-in-media-history-pierre-omidyar-starts-ebay/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"poynter.org","published_at":"2014-09-03T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-ebay","tier":"secondary","publisher":"preceden.com","published_at":"1995-09-03T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-29","quote":"eBay was founded on September 3, 1995, by Pierre Omidyar as 'AuctionWeb,' with the first item sold being a broken laser pointer for $14.83.","url":"https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-ebay"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is eBay's current founding date?","answer":"September 3, 1995, dated September 3, 1995, from 2 secondary sources (poynter.org and preceden.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"}}}