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Swisspod is a Swiss-American company developing hyperloop systems — ultra-high-speed, fully electric, autonomous transportation solutions operating in low-pressure environments for passenger and freight transport.

Swisspod was founded in March 2019 by Denis Tudor (CEO) and Cyril Dénéréaz (CTO), both winners of the Hyperloop Pod Competition sponsored by Elon Musk's SpaceX and The Boring Company between 2015 and 2019. The company is headquartered in Switzerland and operates an office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.^[1]

Founded as a spin-off^[2] of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swisspod has continued its research partnership with EPFL and other Swiss academic institutions,^[3][4][5] such as the School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD).

In July 2021, Swisspod, in collaboration with EPFL and HEIG-VD, unveiled a 1:12-scale circular hyperloop testing facility on the EPFL campus in Lausanne, Switzerland, known as LIMITLESS (Linear Induction Motor Drive for Traction and Levitation in Sustainable Hyperloop Systems). The facility was designed to simulate an "infinite" hyperloop trajectory for long-distance testing.^[4][6]

Between 2023 and 2024, Swisspod and its academic partners conducted a series of experimental runs at the LIMITLESS facility, culminating in the longest hyperloop mission completed to this day in a controlled low-pressure environment. The autonomous capsule traveled a distance of 11.8 km (7.3 miles), and reached a peak speed of 40.7 km/h (25.3 mph). When extrapolated to full scale, the results correspond to journeys of over 141.6 km (88 mph) at speeds exceeding 488.2 km/h (303.3 mph).^[3][7]

Swisspod expanded its activities to the United States, unveiling the world's largest hyperloop test track in Pueblo, Colorado. In 2025, the company completed the construction of 520 meters (1,700 feet) of track. When fully completed, the closed-loop system is expected to span one mile and cover approximately 43 acres. The facility supports full-scale testing of Swisspod's patented propulsion and levitation technologies.

In November 2025, Swisspod publicly showcased its first hyperloop capsule model, AERYS 1. During a live demonstration at the company's U.S. facility, the capsule reached a speed of 102 km/h (65 mph), reported as the highest speed achieved by an active hyperloop developer at that time.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Swisspod has raised capital to support the development and testing of its hyperloop technology. In 2025, the company announced that it had closed a seed funding round totaling US$13 million, with participation from investors including Hurbig Ventures, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, and Felix Porsche.^[12]

Swisspod received two federal grants^[13][14] from the Swiss government to support ongoing research and development of key hyperloop subsystems, conducted in partnership with Swiss academic institutions. The company also collaborated with several EU academic and research institutes on the Muspell project, a novel thermal energy storage system, which was awarded a €3.5 million Pathfinder grant by the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (SERI).^[15][16]