{"entity":"spotify","id":"ent_spotify","name":"Spotify","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/spotify/founder","as_of":"2026-11-02","summary":"As of November 2, 2026, Spotify's founder on the AsOf record is Daniel Ek, undated on the record, from a primary source (newsroom.spotify.com). The record holds 2 claims on Spotify's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_1B95560168AC"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_1B95560168AC","value":"Daniel Ek","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2026-04-23","recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689141","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/","tier":"primary","publisher":"newsroom.spotify.com","published_at":"2026-04-23T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"April 2006 Spotify is founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon","url":"https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/"}},{"id":"clm_DFCDA6907EF2","value":"Martin Lorentzon","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.6,"status":"unverified","assertable":false,"why_not":"unverified","superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/business-and-management/spotify-company/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"ebsco.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689141","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Spotify is a digital music streaming service founded in 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.","url":"https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/business-and-management/spotify-company/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Spotify's current founder?","answer":"Daniel Ek, undated on the record, from a primary source (newsroom.spotify.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 2, 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":{"unverified":"Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it."},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}