Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio
Elon Musk has proposed a Hyperloop connection between Austin and San Antonio that would reduce travel time to under 30 minutes. The Boring Company expressed enthusiasm for building this infrastructure, though many of its previous large-scale projects have not been realized. The announcement was made in response to an AI-generated video depicting a futuristic scenario, which Musk endorsed as a vision for the future.
- ▪Elon Musk stated that The Boring Company is developing a precursor Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio.
- ▪The proposed system aims to cut the journey time between the two cities to less than 30 minutes.
- ▪The Boring Company recently secured a $3 billion funding round led by the United Arab Emirates.
- ▪Many of the company's other announced tunnel projects in major US cities have not yet materialized.
- ▪Musk made the comments while re-posting an AI-generated video of a science fiction future.
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In Brief Posted: 12:38 PM PDT · September 20, 2026 Image Credits:Benjamin Fanjoy / Getty Images Anthony Ha Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio Elon Musk recently claimed that his tunneling startup The Boring Company is working on “a simple precursor Hyperloop” between Austin and San Antonio that will reduce the journey between the two cities to less than 30 minutes. The Boring Company account shared Musk’s statement and said it “would be excited and honored to build this massive infrastructure project.” Many of The Boring Company’s announced projects — including tunnel systems in Chicago, Los Angeles, and between New York City and Washington, D.C. — have not materialized.
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