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The Boring Company

The Boring Company was founded in 2016 in Bastrop, USA by Elon Musk. It is a Developer Tools company.

Tunnel construction and infrastructure company founded by Elon Musk.

Private 🦄 Unicorn Founded 2016 Bastrop USA Developer Tools
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The Boring Company founders

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Elon Musk
Founder

Where its founders came from

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The companies and labs that produced The Boring Company’s founders.

Zip2 PayPal X.com SpaceX Tesla OpenAI

What happened to The Boring Company’s founders and alumni

14 companies

People who worked at or founded The Boring Company and went on to start their own companies.

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Zip2 1996 PayPal 1998 X.com 1999 SpaceX 2002 Tesla 2003 Hyperloop One 2014 OpenAI 2015 Neuralink 2016 Thud 2017 xAI 2023 X Corp. 2023 SpaceXAI 2023 X Holdings Corp 2023 America PAC

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