{"entity":"valve","id":"ent_valve","name":"Valve Corporation","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/valve/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Valve Corporation's founding date on the AsOf record is August 24, 1996, dated August 24, 1996, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and forbes.com). The record holds 1 claim on Valve Corporation's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_46117185EE82"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_46117185EE82","value":"1996-08-24","valid_from":"1996-08-24","valid_to":null,"published":"2026-08-24","recorded":"2026-10-30","confidence":0.7,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam","tier":"secondary","publisher":"tomshardware.com","published_at":"2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193559","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.forbes.com/companies/valve/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Forbes","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"The company was founded on August 24, 1996, by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, both Microsoft veterans.","url":"https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Valve Corporation's current founding date?","answer":"August 24, 1996, dated August 24, 1996, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and forbes.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.70)."}],"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"}}}