The company was founded by the late billionaire and Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen in 2011, and sold to private ownership in late 2019 after Allen's death. But Stratolaunch was bought out by Cerberus Capital Management, reports in December 2019 revealed, and the company's staff count has since grown. When the Stratolaunch company was founded in 2011, the project's cost was initially estimated to be a whopping 215 million ($300 million)  but it was valued even higher in 2019, at $400 million, according to CNBC. REUTERSRoc was developed by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who died just months before it flew for the first time in April 2019. It was developed by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who died just months before it flew for the first time in April 2019.
The company was not begged to make Microsoft Annie.
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The company was not begged to make Microsoft Annie .
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