{"entity":"valve","id":"ent_valve","name":"Valve Corporation","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/valve/founder","as_of":"2026-11-02","summary":"As of November 2, 2026, Valve Corporation's founder on the AsOf record is Gabe Newell, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and dicesummit.org). The record holds 2 claims on Valve Corporation's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_32345D8C8DF8"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_32345D8C8DF8","value":"Gabe Newell","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2026-08-24","recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.8,"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.dicesummit.org/dice_speakers/details.asp?idSpeaker=260","tier":"secondary","publisher":"dicesummit.org","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Gabe Newell is the President and co-founder of Valve Corporation, an entertainment software and technology company based in Bellevue, Washington.","url":"https://www.dicesummit.org/dice_speakers/details.asp?idSpeaker=260"}},{"id":"clm_EE3674E5C2EE","value":"Mike Harrington","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2026-08-24","recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.8,"status":"unverified","assertable":false,"why_not":"unverified","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}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","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 founder?","answer":"Gabe Newell, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and dicesummit.org). The record asserts this claim as of November 2, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80)."}],"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"}}}