Musk's Boring Company Seeks 5.8 Trillion Won at $20 Billion Valuation

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    "url": "https://en.sedaily.com/international/2026/07/27/musks-boring-company-seeks-58-trillion-won-at-20-billion",
    "title": "Musk's Boring Company Seeks 5.8 Trillion Won at $20 Billion Valuation - Seoul Economic Daily",
    "excerpt": "Boring Company, the tunnel-digging startup led by Elon Musk, is pursuing a new funding round that would value it at about $20 billion (approximately 29 trillion won). The company has yet to demonstrate meaningful business viability. Even so, attention is focused on whether the \"Musk\" effect will help it succeed in raising the capital. On the 26th, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the deal, that Boring Company is in talks to raise about $4 billion (approximately 5.8 trillion won). However, the investment has not yet been finalized. Boring Company builds tunnel-boring machines that it claims can dig underground more cheaply than conventional construction firms. Spun off from SpaceX in 2018, the company operates a transit network beneath the Las Vegas Strip. Drivers ferry passengers to the Las Vegas Convention Center in Tesla vehicles. Boring Company was valued at about $5.7 billion (approximately 8.3 trillion won) during its 2022 funding round. At that time, it raised $675 million (approximately 987.6 billion won) from investors including Vy Capital, Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund. If the current investment goes through, its valuation would jump about fourfold. They Profited From Twitter Too: Why Investors Can't Let Go of Musk The company pursued projects with private funding in Baltimore, Chicago and Los Angeles. The plan was to generate revenue...",
    "summary": "Boring Company is in talks to raise about $4 billion in a new funding round.",
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    "published_at": "2026-07-26T20:55:05Z",
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