{"entity":"youtube","id":"ent_youtube","name":"YouTube","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/youtube/founder","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, YouTube's founders on the AsOf record are Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, each a claim of its own with its date, from 5 sources in all. The record holds 3 claims on YouTube's founder, 3 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_030ADD96A325","clm_9259FFA8BDEF","clm_980A2D072EE1"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_030ADD96A325","value":"Chad Hurley","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2005-11-21","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.biography.com/business-figure/chad-hurley","tier":"secondary","publisher":"biography.com","published_at":null},{"url":"http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2005-11-21T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"says Chad Hurley, who started YouTube in Palo Alto, Calif., with two friends, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.","url":"http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm"}},{"id":"clm_9259FFA8BDEF","value":"Steve Chen","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2005-11-21","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2005-11-21T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://abc7news.com/post/youtube-founder-steve-chen-pushes-innovation-ties-between-taiwan-silicon-valley/19037506/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"abc7news.com","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"says Chad Hurley, who started YouTube in Palo Alto, Calif., with two friends, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.","url":"http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm"}},{"id":"clm_980A2D072EE1","value":"Jawed Karim","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2005-11-21","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.vdocipher.com/blog/history-of-youtube/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"vdocipher.com","published_at":null},{"url":"http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2005-11-21T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"says Chad Hurley, who started YouTube in Palo Alto, Calif., with two friends, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.","url":"http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"Who are YouTube's founders?","answer":"Chad Hurley (undated), Steve Chen (undated) and Jawed Karim (undated), as the record asserts them on November 1, 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"}}}