Personnel: Jaan Tallinn at Skype (Co-founder, Lead Developer)
The source confirms Tallinn's involvement in Skype's development starting around 2003 and his role as a lead developer (implied by his work on the underlying FastTrack/Kazaa technology). However, the source does not explicitly identify him as a 'Co-founder' of Skype—it only says the P2P technology was 'repurposed to drive Skype.' The endDate of 2008 is unverifiable; the source only mentions he sold his shares in 2005 when eBay purchased Skype, but does not specify when his active involvement ended. The record is incomplete rather than contradicted.
Our claim
entire record- Person
- Jaan Tallinn
- Role
- Co-founder, Lead Developer
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- 2003
- End Date
- 2008
- Is Founder
- Yes
- Notes
- Co-founding engineer of Skype; wrote core networking code
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source confirms Tallinn's involvement in Skype's development starting around 2003 and his role as a lead developer (implied by his work on the underlying FastTrack/Kazaa technology). However, the source does not explicitly identify him as a 'Co-founder' of Skype—it only says the P2P technology was 'repurposed to drive Skype.' The endDate of 2008 is unverifiable; the source only mentions he sold his shares in 2005 when eBay purchased Skype, but does not specify when his active involvement ended. The record is incomplete rather than contradicted.