{"entity":"waymo","id":"ent_waymo","name":"Waymo","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/waymo/founder","as_of":"2026-11-07","summary":"As of November 7, 2026, Waymo's founder on the AsOf record is Sebastian Thrun, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (mobility21.cmu.edu and thenextweb.com). The record holds 2 claims on Waymo's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_397BF8EAEA68"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_397BF8EAEA68","value":"Sebastian Thrun","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2026-08-19","recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15330","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://mobility21.cmu.edu/sebastian-thrun-the-godfather-of-the-self-driving-car-industry-explains-how-larry-page-taught-him-to-be-a-visionary-not-just-an-expert/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"mobility21.cmu.edu","published_at":null},{"url":"https://thenextweb.com/news/sebastian-thrun-dulo-stealth-robotics-startup","tier":"secondary","publisher":"thenextweb.com","published_at":"2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Sebastian Thrun, who founded Google's self-driving project, is building a stealth robotics startup called Dulo, according to a Business Insider exclusive.","url":"https://thenextweb.com/news/sebastian-thrun-dulo-stealth-robotics-startup"}},{"id":"clm_BCBC8007F5C3","value":"Anthony Levandowski","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2021-09-30","recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.6,"status":"unverified","assertable":false,"why_not":"unverified","superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15330","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/tag/waymo/page/12","tier":"secondary","publisher":"techcrunch.com","published_at":"2021-09-30T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Waymo was founded in 2009 by Sebastian Thrun and Anthony Levandowski, and is owned and operated by Alphabet.","url":"https://techcrunch.com/tag/waymo/page/12"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Waymo's current founder?","answer":"Sebastian Thrun, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (mobility21.cmu.edu and thenextweb.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 7, 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"}}}