According to Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), The Boring Company President Steve Davis announced that with advanced AI and automation, their tunneling costs could drop to around $10 million per mile within 2–5 years, and eventually to $3–$4 million per mile. This represents a dramatic reduction compared to traditional tunneling expenses, which range from $500 million to $3 billion per mile. AI-powered robotics, predictive maintenance, and real-time data analytics are cited as key drivers of these savings. For AI businesses, this creates opportunities in construction tech, AI-based project management, and infrastructure optimization, potentially disrupting the civil engineering and transportation sectors (source: Sawyer Merritt on Twitter, Nov 24, 2025).