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TIL the Android operating system almost failed to release due to a lack of early funding. With the team facing eviction, Steve Perlman gave $10,000 cash and an undisclosed amount for seed funding, saving the team. Perlman refused a stake, saying he only did it because he "believed in the thing."

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