{"entity":"google","id":"ent_google","name":"Google","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/google/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Google's founding date on the AsOf record is September 4, 1998, dated September 4, 1998, from 2 secondary sources (edn.com and google.com). The record holds 1 claim on Google's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_04FC964BDA43"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_04FC964BDA43","value":"1998-09-04","valid_from":"1998-09-04","valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.9,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.edn.com/google-is-incorporated-september-4-1998/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"edn.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.google.com/about/company/history/","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Google was incorporated as a privately-held company on September 4, 1998, by founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.","url":"https://www.edn.com/google-is-incorporated-september-4-1998/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Google's current founding date?","answer":"September 4, 1998, dated September 4, 1998, from 2 secondary sources (edn.com and google.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.90)."}],"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"}}}