{"entity":"telegram","id":"ent_telegram","name":"Telegram","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/telegram/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Telegram's founding date on the AsOf record is August 14, 2013, dated August 14, 2013, from a primary source (telegram.org). The record holds 1 claim on Telegram's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_78AFF7C36AA0"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_78AFF7C36AA0","value":"2013-08-14","valid_from":"2013-08-14","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/Q15616276","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://telegram.org/evolution","tier":"primary","publisher":"telegram.org","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"August 14, 2013 Telegram for iOS was launched.","url":"https://telegram.org/evolution"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Telegram's current founding date?","answer":"August 14, 2013, dated August 14, 2013, from a primary source (telegram.org). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 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"}}}