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Broadleaf Commerce

Broadleaf Commerce is a source-available composable e-commerce platform headquartered in Plano, Texas, built on Java and Spring Framework. Founded in 2008 by Brian Polster, the company is employee-owned and privately held. The platform supports MACH-aligned architecture — Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, and Headless — and serves enterprise businesses across retail, automotive, telecommunications, and finance industries. The platform is available as source-available software that can be self-hosted on-premise or on any cloud provider, or deployed as a fully managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) through Broadleaf Cloud. Broadleaf Commerce is a Corporate Member of TM Forum. Its clients include Major League Baseball, O'Reilly Auto Parts, and The Container Store.

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Article summary

Broadleaf Commerce is a source-available composable e-commerce platform headquartered in Plano, Texas, built on Java and Spring Framework. Founded in 2008 by Brian Polster, the company is employee-owned and privately held. The platform supports MACH-aligned architecture — Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, and Headless — and serves enterprise businesses across retail, automotive, telecommunications, and finance industries. The platform is available as source-available software that can be self-hosted on-premise or on any cloud provider, or deployed as a fully managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) through Broadleaf Cloud. Broadleaf Commerce is a Corporate Member of TM Forum. Its clients include Major League Baseball, O'Reilly Auto Parts, and The Container Store.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2008 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2008". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341985895

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.