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Re:Hyperloop One Becomes ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ by daemin on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:10AM (#15464133)
As I replied to an earlier sibling comment, Richard Branson tends to invest and distribute the Virgin name to a lot of companies, like a bigger angel investor that also helps with branding and marketing.

Also a lot of them end up going nowhere, much like with other Angel investing.

Re:Hyperloop One Becomes ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ by vidarh on Monday October 16, 2017 @07:37AM (#15482484)
But that is different to what I replied to, which was the question of whether he'd have a vested interest in trying to stop high speed rail.