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The Boring Company

The Boring Company

An infrastructure and tunneling company founded by Elon Musk in 2016 aiming to facilitate underground transportation network.

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boringcompany.com
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Company
Company
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Logistics
Logistics
Transportation
Transportation
0
Hyperloop
Hyperloop
Location
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne, California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Steve Davis
Steve Davis
Founder
SpaceX
SpaceX
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Parent Organization
SpaceX
SpaceX
Legal classification
Privately held company
Privately held company
Number of Employees (Ranges)
51 – 2000
Investors
Craft Ventures
Craft Ventures
Gigafund
Gigafund
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital
Founders Fund
Founders Fund
8VC
8VC
Valor Equity Partners
Valor Equity Partners
DFJ Growth
DFJ Growth
Vy Capital
Vy Capital
...
Founded Date
2016
0
Total Funding Amount (USD)
907,500,000
Latest Funding Round Date
April 20, 2022
Glassdoor ID
1960101.11,29
Board of Directors
CFO
Key People
Jared Birchall
Jared Birchall
Latest Funding Type
Series C
Series C
Patents Assigned (Count)
1
Country
United States
United States
Headquarters
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne, California

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Indeed ID
The-Boring-Company0
Funding Round Investor
Craft Ventures
Craft Ventures
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
675,000,000
Official Name
The Boring Company
Owner
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Wikidata ID
Q28874479

The Boring Company aims to build underground transportation network to address road congestion. It is an infrastructure and tunnel construction company. It uses Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in digging tunnels.

The Hawthorne City Council approved the company's plan to build the first Hyperloop tunnel in the city. It had constructed a shaft and entrance at the old parking lot of SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, Los Angeles. It targets to build a tunnel from Hawthorne extending to the Los Angeles International Airport.

It has also permitted to build an electric-sled dual tunnel in Baltimore , Maryland to Washington DC. Its total length is 35 miles, from Penn Station in Baltimore to Washington Union Station. It is bidding to build high-speed rail transit system of Chicago, from downtown Chicago to the O’Hare Airport.

Elon Musk founded the Boring Company in December 2016 in Hawthorne, California.

raised $112.5 million in equity

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Funding Rounds

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SBIR/STTR Awards

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Author
Link
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Date

Elon Musk’s Boring Company ‘Loop’ is one of last two contenders for the Chicago transit system

Fred Lambert

https://electrek.co/2018/03/21/elon-musk-boring-company-loop-chicago-transit-system/

Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets green light to start digging in Washington, DC

Andrew J. Hawkins

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/19/17027700/elon-musk-boring-company-washington-dc-tunnel-digging

The Boring Company - FAQ

The Boring Company

https://www.boringcompany.com/faq/

The Boring Company | Tunnels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5V_VzRrSBI

28 April 2017

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