# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/the-boring-company-q28874479/

U.S. founder reference library

# The Boring Company

infrastructure and tunneling company

## Company context

The public record describes The Boring Company as infrastructure and tunneling company. Its recorded founding year is 2016.

Public business description

infrastructure and tunneling company

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

2016

## Recorded founders

- [Elon Musk](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/elon-musk-q317521/) · American businessman (born 1971)

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## More from the public record

These details describe the cited record as reviewed on October 9, 2026. They may describe an earlier period; they are not a current employment or operating-status check.

Recorded official name

The Boring Company · [View source field](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28874479#P1448)

## Understanding The Boring Company in context

The Boring Company is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “infrastructure and tunneling company,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2016. The founding association shown here is with Elon Musk. A single association in this library should not be read as a complete list of everyone who helped establish the business.

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## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q28874479](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28874479): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.
- [The Boring Company website as listed in the public record](https://boringcompany.com/)

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