The real work is done by more than 500 engineers with day jobs at places like NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX. They spend their free time working on Hyperloop in exchange for stock options because they get to work on something that could genuinely revolutionize transportation. In August, Ahlborn announced partnerships with Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum and global engineering design firm Aecom, which suggests the idea is attracting resources from companies with stockholders to answer to.
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/slovakia-great-first-stop-hyperloop-no-joke/