Wait, was that his plan all along? I mean, is it feasible he released the idea of Hyperloop into the wild and let other companies battle it out and spend an en

Wait, was that his plan all along? I mean, is it feasible he released the idea of Hyperloop into the wild and let other companies battle it out and spend an enormous amount of money on R&D, only to build a "straightforward" company and sell it's "product" (infrastructure) to Hyperloop and the others?