{"entity":"whatsapp","id":"ent_whatsapp","name":"WhatsApp","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/whatsapp/founder","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, WhatsApp's founders on the AsOf record are Jan Koum and Brian Acton, each a claim of its own with its date, from 2 sources in all. The record holds 2 claims on WhatsApp's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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_B0F4F425F06A","clm_CE4B35589DC4"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_B0F4F425F06A","value":"Jan Koum","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.whatsapp.com/about?lang=fr_FR#:~:text=WhatsApp%20a%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20con%C3%A7u%20en,les%20plus%20intimes%20sur%20WhatsApp.","tier":"primary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049511","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"Notre équipe WhatsApp a été fondé par Jan Koum et Brian Acton qui, à eux deux, ont travaillé 20 ans au total chez Yahoo.","url":"https://www.whatsapp.com/about?lang=fr_FR#:~:text=WhatsApp%20a%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20con%C3%A7u%20en,les%20plus%20intimes%20sur%20WhatsApp."}},{"id":"clm_CE4B35589DC4","value":"Brian Acton","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.whatsapp.com/about?lang=fr_FR#:~:text=WhatsApp%20a%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20con%C3%A7u%20en,les%20plus%20intimes%20sur%20WhatsApp.","tier":"primary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049511","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"Notre équipe WhatsApp a été fondé par Jan Koum et Brian Acton qui, à eux deux, ont travaillé 20 ans au total chez Yahoo.","url":"https://www.whatsapp.com/about?lang=fr_FR#:~:text=WhatsApp%20a%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20con%C3%A7u%20en,les%20plus%20intimes%20sur%20WhatsApp."}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"Who are WhatsApp's founders?","answer":"Jan Koum (undated) and Brian Acton (undated), as the record asserts them on October 31, 2026."}],"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"}}}