Workaholic Tesla boss Elon Musk has been working under a lot of stress at work lately, pulling night shifts and sleeping in the office on a cold, cramped sofa. 
 
 Luckily for the billionaire, his fans have banded together to crowdfund him almost $5,000 to buy a plush new place to get some kip. 
 
 Seeing his plight, one Musk supporter set up a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to buy him a new sofa. Crowdfunder starter Ben Sullins wrote: "As a community, we cannot let this stand. Let's band together to buy Elon a new couch to sleep on!" 
 
 The crowdfunder set out to raise $1,000 for Musk, who is worth more than $20bn, but instead managed $5,000 from 360 people in one day. Sullins wrote that if Tesla didn't... 

 **Update 2018 May 4**Renewable World won the donor poll! I'll be sending the money from the GoFundMe to them via Western Union.Check them out here - https://www.renewable-world.org And here's the delivery video as well (with a credit to all the donors) - https://youtu.be/VKcHYAi9xYc Thanks, everyone!Ben**Update 2018 Apr 25**Tesla is going to match the cost of the couch so all the funds can go to charity! Voting for which charity is underway with the donors.Stay tuned on my youtube channel for an update once we choose a charity and deliver the couch! https://teslanomics.co/yt **Update 2018 Apr 18**Thanks for all the messages and support everyone! This really took off. Obviously we've raised far more than is necessary so I'll be ending the campaign this Friday (Apr 20) and working with Tesla to figure out the next steps.If you're a fan of Elon and Tesla I'd invite you to check out my YouTube channel where I explore sustiainable tech and how it's changing our world. Elon and Tesla are frequent topics. More here - https://teslanomics.co/yt ---Elon Musk is transforming our world to run on sustainable energy and use sustainable forms of transportation. Lately, he's been sleeping at the Fremont factory in an effort to improve Model 3 production.This is the couch he is sleeping onAs a community, we cannot let this stand. Let's band together to buy Elon a new couch to sleep on!*if he doesn't accept our donation via twitter reply or other means we'll donate it to a charityHere is the video where I launched the campaign:Here is the plan to deliver the couch to Elon:1 - Contact him via twitter2 - If he replies with "yes" I'll reach out to Tesla directly3 - We collectively vote on which couch to order, will setup a poll here or elsewhere if that's not possible4 - I'll order the couch and ship to them5 - If allowed I'll fly up there to hand deliver and film the experienceIf Elon nor Tesla reply via twitter we'll give it 3 days after we hit our goal and choose a charity to donate the money to. I'll post some options and then we can vote again to decide.Thanks for making this a reality everyone! If you have quesitons please do not hesitate to contact me here or on twitter via DM (@teslanomicsco)Thanks,Ben
– Elon Musk is a great example of crowdfunding success. Not only did he raise $10 million selling flamethrowers, he may soon be the recipient of a crowdfunded couch. In an interview with CBS News last week, Musk mentioned the couch in his office at Tesla is, well, "not a good couch." "Last time I was here I actually slept, literally, on the floor because the couch is too narrow. It's terrible," he said. "As a community, we cannot let this stand," California's Ben Sullins responded Monday with a GoFundMe campaign seeking to buy Musk a couch comfy enough for dozing. More than $5,000, well above the $1,000 goal, has already been raised by 390 people as of this writing. If billionaire Musk is uninterested, Sullins says the funds will be donated to charity, per the Telegraph. If he's open to receiving the new couch, Sullins says he'll "fly up there to hand deliver and film the experience." While a few commenters on the GoFundMe campaign page swung at the idea of buying a billionaire a couch while others are homeless, many cheered Musk on. "We need you to get good rest!" said one. "Here's a little something from all of us on the internet, Elon :) We believe in you and your projects!" wrote another.