caroline: hyperloop one ceo rob lloyd.a chance to catch up with the company's executive chairman and ask about how this project is being funded. >> we've raised $160 million in funding in our 2.5 year history of founding, so as we talk about this ability to do loa moon shots, it is pretty spectacular. investors, present and future, who will be part of what we are building, so it is flowing quite well. we will have more to say in the near future. caroline: such exciting projects like these are not often without controversy. one has been between you and the original ctl. how hao. o. are 250 people, incredible talent, building this, everything is looking really great. any slowdownbeen in our progress to make the hyperloop a reality. caroline: coming up, future restrictions could drive tech talent to india. we will look at how it could benefit from u.s. visa reform. the return of mcafee, reemerging as a standalone company after being scooped up by intel. we will speak about the private equity landscape. that is next. this is b

we will hear from rob lloyd. reminder that all episodes of bloomberg technology are live streaming on twitter. check us out at @bloombergtechtv. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: welcome back to the "best of bloomberg technology." hyperloop one was in washington hoping to win support from policymakers. this is one of two companies trying to create the future trends of system. the company revealed routes across 35 cities, joining 24 proposals around the world. the ceo spoke to us about his company's plans in the u.s. >> this is american-made technology. our reputation innovating has been world leading, but inground transportation and high-speed rail, there is no real american technology. it is an la-based company that has grown from a garage to 260 employees in less than 27 months. we are demonstrating we can build something new, something different, by bringing the greatest minds together. we can do this in the united states if we collaborate and get support from regulators so we can dovetail with existing transport

caroline: hyperloop one ceo rob lloyd. a chance to catch up with the company's executive chairman and asked about how this project is being funded. >> we've raised $160 million in funding in our 2.5-year history of founding, so it has been we , talk about this ability to do moon shots, build something from an idea to now in the deserts of nevada of reality is pretty spectacular. ,nd we have got great investors present and future, who will be part of what we are building, so it is going quite well. we will have more to say in the near future. caroline: such exciting projects as these sometimes are not without controversy. and one of those controversies has been the lawsuit between you and the original cofounder you , and the original cto. how does that affect money? shervin: we are going from strength to strength. we are 250 people, incredible talent. we are building this. we are -- everything is looking really great. there hasn't there hasn't been , any slowdown in our progress to make the hyperloop a reality. caroline: co

world that's actually building it and the vision for america is announcing a number of initiatives, rob, lloydak to that we're very excited that comes out of our global competition. routes all over america that can solve all of the traffic and logistics problems that are causing so much friction and pain in people's lives in america. >> and we're showing an image right now of what the hyperloop likes like. this is a proof of concept here -- >> no, that's real. that's not a proof of concept. that is not computer graphics. that is real on the screen right now. >> i appreciate that that -- no, i appreciate that that is absolutely real. the question i was going to ask is in terms of rolling this out in a meaningful way, what kind of timeline could we be talking about and what are the true costs? because when you -- the technology itself, but then when you start talking about digging tunnels, if, in fact, that is the approach to take, it becomes very expensive very quickly. >> yeah, i think the most exciting part about hyperloop is we're at least two-thirds the cost of high speed rail. city centers

lloyd but just acquitted last week of the murders of two other men. >>> back closer to home now police in fairfax county need your help identifying this man. he's accused of robbingbank in annandale. take look. face not covered up at all here, so if you have a moment look at your screen. he walk right into the wells fargo on john march drive this afternoon and implied he had a weapon and demanded money. he didn't hide this face and the surveillance cameras got a good look at him. the man got away with cash. if you recognize him, you are asked to call police. >>> the joker's jinx high speed roller coaster at sick flags in upper marlboro back on track now days after it malfunctioned and left riders stranded. apparently, there was a problem with one of the train's wheels. state inspectors examined the coaster and determined that it is safe to ride. >>> d.c. driver's licenses about to change as you know district of columbia is at the top of it's going back to saying washington, d.c. at the top. that's because some people don't know where the district of columbia is. don't know what it is. in recent years, there have been incidents where d.c. residents have been given