Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation

埃隆·马斯克的“无聊公司”（The Boring Company）据传正以 200 亿美元估值进行融资

Elon Musk’s tunneling startup The Boring Company is in talks to raise a $4 billion funding round at a valuation of $20 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The deal hasn’t closed and the terms could change, the WSJ says. 据《华尔街日报》报道，埃隆·马斯克旗下的隧道挖掘初创公司“无聊公司”（The Boring Company）正在商谈一轮 40 亿美元的融资，估值达到 200 亿美元。该报道指出，目前交易尚未完成，条款仍有可能发生变化。

At $20 billion, the valuation would be a significant increase from The Boring Company’s $5.7 billion valuation in 2022. The startup has already built a network of tunnels under Las Vegas, through which Teslas shuttle customers to different stations. 如果达到 200 亿美元，这一估值将较“无聊公司”2022 年 57 亿美元的估值大幅增长。目前，该公司已在拉斯维加斯地下建成了一个隧道网络，特斯拉汽车通过该网络将乘客运送到不同站点。

But tunnel workers have suffered serious injuries, and Nevada regulators said last year that The Boring Company violated environmental regulations nearly 800 times. 然而，隧道施工人员曾遭受严重伤害，内华达州监管机构去年也表示，“无聊公司”违反环境法规的次数近 800 次。

The Boring Company has announced plans to build tunnel networks under Nashville and Dubai. The WSJ says the startup has also pitched projects in Baltimore, Chicago, and Los Angeles. “无聊公司”已宣布计划在纳什维尔和迪拜地下建设隧道网络。《华尔街日报》称，该公司还曾向巴尔的摩、芝加哥和洛杉矶推介过相关项目。

The startup spun out of SpaceX in 2018. SpaceX recently had the largest IPO ever, but its stock price has taken a significant dip since then. 该公司于 2018 年从 SpaceX 分拆出来。SpaceX 最近完成了史上规模最大的首次公开募股（IPO），但自上市以来，其股价已出现大幅下跌。