{"entity":"salesforce","id":"ent_salesforce","name":"Salesforce","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/salesforce/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Salesforce's founding date on the AsOf record is February 3, 1999, dated February 3, 1999, from a primary source (salesforce.com). The record holds 1 claim on Salesforce's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_EF5F9FB88F7E"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_EF5F9FB88F7E","value":"1999-02-03","valid_from":"1999-02-03","valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941127","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.salesforce.com/company/our-story/","tier":"primary","publisher":"salesforce.com","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"When was Salesforce founded, and what was the \"end of software\" idea? Salesforce opened its doors in 1999, pioneering SaaS by delivering CRM through the cloud.","url":"https://www.salesforce.com/company/our-story/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Salesforce's current founding date?","answer":"February 3, 1999, dated February 3, 1999, from a primary source (salesforce.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."}],"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"}}}