boring

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With the hotly anticipated SpaceX offering imminent, it’s apt that a rare dud in Elon Musk’s sprawling business empire is called The Boring Company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Frustrated by traffic, Musk founded The Boring Company in 2016, initially as a SpaceX subsidiary, with grand promises of transforming urban transportation through a network of underground tunnels.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Boring as it may seem, most Californians want someone who’ll focus on their workaday concerns, not jollification.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

In addition to SpaceX, xAI and Tesla, Musk has leadership roles at the Boring Company, a tunneling company, and Neuralink, which is developing brain-chip interfaces.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

The ceiling of the Boring Room was lower than anywhere else in the house.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix