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OpenAI Foundation — Founded Date: Dec 2015

Verdictcontradicted95%
1 check · 7/27/2026

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OpenAI Foundation
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Founded Date
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Dec 2015
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Originally founded as OpenAI, Inc. in December 2015 by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, and others. Renamed to OpenAI Foundation in October 2025 as part of corporate restructuring.

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contradicted95%primaryHaiku 4.5 · 7/27/2026

NoteThe claim states 'OpenAI Foundation's Founded Date = 2015-12' (December 2015). The source confirms that OpenAI was founded in 2015, but does not specify December. More critically, the source explicitly states that the entity was 'founded in 2015 as a nonprofit' and only 'renamed to the OpenAI Foundation' on October 28, 2025. The founding date of the original entity (OpenAI, Inc.) was 2015, not the founding date of the OpenAI Foundation itself. If the claim intends the founding date of the OpenAI Foundation entity specifically, that would be October 2025, not December 2015. The source contradicts the claim's assertion that the OpenAI Foundation was founded in December 2015—it was renamed/restructured into that entity in October 2025.

Case № f_ljBzWSHJiFFiled 7/27/2026Confidence 95%