Elon Musk’s Hyperloop may have seemed like a crazy idea pulled out of a science fiction novel when_first introduced, but every day it seems closer to reality. A group called Hyperloop Technologies_has stepped up as the first funded Hyperloop startup, armed with an $8.5 million pool of money and plans for an $80 milion funding round later this year. It’s an all-star team. There’s Shurvin_Pichevar, a major investor in Uber close to Musk, Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir, Joe Messina, former White House deputy chief of staff, David Sacks, founder of Yammer, Peter Diamandis, founder of the X-prize, and Brogan…

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