{"entity":"electronic-arts","id":"ent_electronic-arts","name":"Electronic Arts","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/electronic-arts/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Electronic Arts's founding date on the AsOf record is May 28, 1982, dated May 28, 1982, from 2 secondary sources (gamedeveloper.com and vintagecomputing.com). The record holds 1 claim on Electronic Arts's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_234748C38617"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_234748C38617","value":"1982-05-28","valid_from":"1982-05-28","valid_to":null,"published":"2007-02-16","recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/we-see-farther---a-history-of-electronic-arts","tier":"secondary","publisher":"gamedeveloper.com","published_at":"2007-02-16T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1148/vcg-anthology-interview-trip-hawkins-on-30-years-of-electronic-arts","tier":"secondary","publisher":"vintagecomputing.com","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-29","quote":"The company, founded in May 1982, pioneered a business model that treated game designers like rock stars and software publishers like record labels.","url":"https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1148/vcg-anthology-interview-trip-hawkins-on-30-years-of-electronic-arts"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Electronic Arts's current founding date?","answer":"May 28, 1982, dated May 28, 1982, from 2 secondary sources (gamedeveloper.com and vintagecomputing.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"}}}