5 Companies Founded By Elon Musk That Are Not Tesla

Commonly known as the Nikola Tesla of our generation, Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur, engineer and investor.  The self made billionaire managed to convert his scientific imaginations into reality and tried his hands in various fields, spread across technology, science and exploration.  Most noted for creating two huge companies, Tesla and SpaceX, here are 5 different companies also founded by tech genius Elon Musk.

Companies founded by Elon Musk

1) Zip2

Known as Global Link Information Network, this is the first company Elon Musk founded along with his brother Kimbel Musk and mentor Greg Kouri.  Elon Musk dropped out of his doctoral program just after 2 two days of enrollment, to launch the website. Founded in 1995, Zip2 was a web software company which helped local newspapers design online city guides.  Zip2 was later acquired by Compaq Computer for $ 340 million.

2) X.com

With the money he got from selling Zip2, Elon Musk founded the website X.com, along with his mentor Greg Kouri, in 1999.  X.com was an online financial services and email payment company and is considered as one of the world’s first online banks.  In 2000, X.com merged with its competitor Confinity, with Musk holding the majority of the Company’s shares. Musk served as the CEO of the Company until October 2000, after which he was ousted from the position due to disagreement with the other Company’s leadership.

3) OpenAI

Co founded by Elon Musk in 2015, OpenAI is a non profit profit organisation which specialises in research about artificial intelligence (AI.)  The main aim of OpenAI is to promote and develop friendly AI which can benefit the human race as a whole. Musk, along with other investors, pledged $ 1 billion to the venture.

4) Neuralink

Neuralink is a startup which Musk co founded along with Ben Rapoport, Dongjin Seo, Max Hodak, Paul Merolla, Philip Sabes, Tim Gardner, Tim Hanson and Vanessa Tolosa in 2016.  A neurotechnology company, Neuralink’s main focus is to create a device which can be implanted in the human brain to integrate the human mind and artificial intelligence.

5) The Boring Company

The Boring Company, an infrastructure and tunnel construction company, was founded after Elon Musk, stuck in traffic, tweeted, “[I] am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.”  The Boring Company was then founded in 2016. The Company started digging a 30 foot tunnel under Space X’s office in Los Angeles in 2017. Elon Musk once stated the Company became a personal hobby for him.

Considered one of the most powerful people in the world, Elon Musk worked hard to accumulate a net worth of $ 20.6 billion.  A successful inventor and entrepreneur, he is a true inspiration for our generation.