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That same year, Rubin ran out of money. [[Steve Perlman]], a close friend of Rubin, brought him $10,000 in cash in an envelope and refused a stake in the company.<ref name="StevePerlman">{{cite news |url=http://www.airsla.org/broadcasts/BusinessWeek110802.mp3 |title=A Thousand Times Yes |last=Vance |first=Ashlee |publisher=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |date=August 7, 2011 |accessdate=2011-11-09}}</ref>

[[Google]] acquired Android Inc. on August 17, 2005, making Android Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Google. Key employees of Android Inc., including Andy Rubin, Rich Miner and Chris White, stayed at the company after the acquisition.<ref name="AndroidInc"/> Not much was known about Android Inc. at the time of the acquisition, but many assumed that Google was planning to enter the [[mobile phone]] market with this move.<ref name="AndroidInc"/>

=== Acquisition by Google ===

[[Google]] acquired Android Inc. on August 17, 2005, making Android Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Google. Key employees of Android Inc., including Andy Rubin, Rich Miner and Chris White, stayed at the company after the acquisition.<ref name="AndroidInc"/> Not much was known about Android Inc. at the time of the acquisition, but many assumed that Google was planning to enter the [[mobile phone]] market with this move.<ref name="AndroidInc"/>

=== Post-acquisition development ===