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id: evidence-directories-founding-1993
type: evidence
title: Directory listings repeating the 1993 founding year
evidence_type: directory-listing
party: third-party
source: source-directories-misc
accessed: 2026-09-10
excerpt: "ZoomInfo: Founded 1993. Clutch: Founded 1993. Hotfrog: established by Greg Bauer in 1993. Yellow Pages: 30+ years."
supports:
  - claim-founded-1993
  - claim-founded-by-greg-bauer
portion_supported: Consistency of the founding year across unrelated directories over many years.
limitations: All downstream of company-supplied data. Consistency is not independence.
updated: 2026-09-11
---
Recorded for completeness and consistency checking.