{"entity":"paypal","id":"ent_paypal","name":"PayPal","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/paypal/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, PayPal's founding date on the AsOf record is December 1, 1998, dated December 1, 1998, from 2 secondary sources (electronicpaymentsinternational.com and quartr.com). The record holds 1 claim on PayPal's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_50F9F91F3736"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_50F9F91F3736","value":"1998-12-01","valid_from":"1998-12-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2022-04-18","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.85,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2022-04-18T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/the-paypal-story-online-payment-pioneers","tier":"secondary","publisher":"quartr.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483959","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"PayPal history begins back in 1998 when it was established as Confinity by Max Levchin and Peter Theil.","url":"https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/paypal-history-milestones/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is PayPal's current founding date?","answer":"December 1, 1998, dated December 1, 1998, from 2 secondary sources (electronicpaymentsinternational.com and quartr.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85)."}],"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"}}}