Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: Hello, I am Sim Book. I am the CEO of Apple, carrying the legacy of the great Steve Jobs. Despite being at the helm of the biggest cash-rich business in the world, I envy the idea and growth of Melon Tusk's companies. I'm here to get to know him better.

Injured Branson (Chairman, Hyperloop One) :
Chairman: Although you may know me for being the founder of Virgin Atlantic, I'm Injured Branson - the chairman of Hyperloop One. You may wonder why I have that title instead of Melon, but as a good friend, I'm simply doing what he asked me to - and not asking more questions.

Melon Tusk (CEO, Tesla) :
Melon: Hello, I am Melon Tusk. You must have surely heard about me or what I do. I am a crazy, intelligent, rich engineer who creates stuff that changes the world. Hyperloop is one of them.

Babita Sengupta (SVP - Systems Engineering) :
VP: Wow, this is an interesting mix - entrepreneurs, tech executives and top management. I wished to particularly ask this question to Melon about Hyperloop - why give away the management of Hyperloop to outsiders when it was your original idea?

Melon Tusk (CEO, Tesla) :
Melon: Babita, you're from NASA. And you understand this better than others - when a person is obsessed with breakthrough innovations, he doesn't care who launches the product as long as the tech gets upgraded and is delivered as soon as possible. Hence, I want to focus on Tesla and SpaceX; while you, Injured and the team can build Hyperloop.

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: That's fairly clear from your working style. End justifies the means for you, doesn't it?
I seem to be the odd one out here. Although we are all from the tech sector, there is difference between consumer electronics and macro technology. I don't understand what Hyperloop is? And what is my role here?

Injured Branson (Chairman, Hyperloop One) :
Chairman: I'll answer these questions for you, but in the reverse order. You're here because you know what people want better than the others. And as far as Hyperloop is concerned, I'll let Babita or Melon take care of it.

Babita Sengupta (SVP - Systems Engineering) :
VP: Sim, Hyperloop is the fifth mode of transport - after car, train, plane and ships. It is a new transport technology which loosely looks like a train, but is faster and operates at a different scientific tangent. It is a tube which transport human passengers at speeds of 900-1000 kms per hour.

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: Holy god! The Shanghai Rail in China currently uses magnets for high-speed transport and achieves 270 miles per hour. You're going to triple that speed - how?

Melon Tusk (CEO, Tesla) :
Melon: By using air, simple. Just like magnets reduce friction/resistance, we are using air (similar to air hockey) to keep a passenger capsule suspended in a tube. The tube will have near vacuum, so even the slightest air pressure can propel it at a great pace.

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: Okay. It sounds feasible theoretically. But what created the idea behind Hyperloop?

Injured Branson (Chairman, Hyperloop One) :
Chairman: It was pretty straightforward. Due to the traffic in Los Angeles, Melon was late to a meeting by 1 hour. So he does what he does best - thinks of a new way to move around quickly. An underground netwrok of tunnels. In a conference in 2012, he already announced his plans. Since he didn't have the time to do it himself, he developed technology at Tesla and made it open source so that others can improve upon it.

Babita Sengupta (SVP - Systems Engineering) :
VP: That helped us a lot. We then organized a Hyperloop Pod Competition where 700+ student and non-student teams registered. The final shortlisted 22 teams are now building hardware and shall test their models on our tracks.

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: So where are these tracks? It must take a lot of open space to make this testing facility, right? Or is it all in virtual (simulation) mode right now?

Injured Branson (Chairman, Hyperloop One) :
Chairman: Not at all, the tracks (tubes) are up in Nevada. Our teams are in talks with 10 different govenrments to implement this. Slovakia is ready to build it in their capital city. There is going to be a Hyperloop between Mumbai and Pune in India, too.

Melon Tusk (CEO, Tesla) :
Melon: That's great news. And we are pushing for it because of its many advantages. It's cheaper than airfare and twice as fast. The journey from San Fransisco to Los Angeles is around 8 hours by road and 1 hour by air. But Hyperloop shall reduce it to 30 minutes. And most importantly - it is energy efficient.

Babita Sengupta (SVP - Systems Engineering) :
VP: Don’t be modest, Melon. The Hyperloop is designed to generate electricity through solar panels. As per our estimates, it will produce more energy than it consumes - making it a net energy creator, not a user.

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: Look, I understand that it is good for the environment and also fast. But as a traveler, would I be safe and comfortable in this high-speed bullet?
What happens if we meet with an accident? It's one directional tube, right? How does help even reach us if we're at 1000kmph?

Babita Sengupta (SVP - Systems Engineering) :
VP: We understand that there a few challenges and are working towards the same - including emergencies and evacuations.
We've built all scenarios of earthquakes, fire, storms, etc. and are putting mechanisms that ensure safety at all times.

Injured Branson (Chairman, Hyperloop One) :
Chairman: Sim, don't worry about the comfort. As someone in the hospitality industry, I know that it matters a lot for passengers. Google ran simulations on Hyperloop to test passenger comfort. We were shocked at the results.

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: That bad, huh?

Melon Tusk (CEO, Tesla) :
Melon: Nope, the comfort ratio of a people in turning cars is 0.8. Hyperloop provides air cushioning from all sides - hence our ratio doesn’t rise above 0.5 at any time.

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: That's impressive. So you have a power generator which is changing the status quo - to ensure that there are no system malfunctions. The cost for that must be very high.

Babita Sengupta (SVP - Systems Engineering) :
VP: We've taken care of all of it. In case you are interested to know more about Hyperloop, why don't you come to our test site sometime?

Sim Book (CEO, Apple) :
Apple: Thanks a lot, Team Hyperloop - let's see if we can collaborate for passenger entertainment while zooming at speeds higher than sound! All the best.

Melon Tusk (CEO, Tesla) :
Melon: Not so soon, Sim. You first need to explain me why does Apple deliberately make its older phones slower. The world has not forgiven you for that as of yet.