Boring Co. was founded in late 2016 to satisfy Elon Musk’s ambitions to build underground transportation systems. Photo: APSan Francisco: Anyone tracking the number of businesses Elon Musk is involved with can add one more to the list: merchandise. At the time, Musk promised on Twitter that if the company sold 50,000, it would start selling flamethrowers. Boring Co. is largely financed by Musk himself, according to executives presenting at the Culver City council meeting last week. “But this one comes with a cool sticker.” Musk said the company has sold about 3,000 of them.

Source: Mint January 29, 2018 21:56 UTC