The Tesla co-founder secretly welcomed twin babies with Zilis, one of his top executives at Neuralink, in November 2021, according to Insider. Shivon Zilis reportedly welcomed twin babies with Elon Musk in November 2021.shivon/Twitter In April of the following year, the parents requested that the babies’ nicknames be changed to “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name,” according to court documents obtained by the site. The request was granted the following month. Musk met Zilis through the artificial intelligence industry. AFP via Getty Images Musk, 51, specifically welcomed a baby girl named Exa Dark Sideræl via surrogate with his girlfriend Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, in December 2021, a month before the expected twins are due. He and the “Oblivion” singer, who are also parents to son X AE A-XII, separated shortly after the birth of their second child. The entrepreneur is also father to twins Griffin and Vivian and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian with ex-wife Justine Musk. (The former couple’s oldest child, Nevada, died at 10 weeks of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, in 2002.) Musk has two young children with singer Grimes.TheImageDirect.com While the reported names and genders of Elon’s newborn twins are still under wraps, here are five things they should know about their 36-year-old mom.
Where is Zilis from?
“Made in Canada,” reads Zilis’ Twitter bio.shivon/Twitter Zilis was born in Canada. He attended Yale University, playing goalie on the school’s ice hockey team. He previously lived in San Francisco, before moving to Austin, Texas.
Are they on social media?
While Zilis’ Twitter account is still active, she appears to have deleted other platforms.shivon/Twitter Zili’s Instagram account, @shivonzilis, was private and had more than 1,000 followers before it was deleted after the baby news broke. As for her Twitter, Zilis has more than 77,000 followers. Her most recent tweet on July 3 highlighted a quote from a “fascinating” sci-fi book.
What does he do for a living?
Zilis has worked for IBM, Neuralink and other organizations.shivon/Twitter After graduating from Yale, Zilis worked at IBM. He later became a founding member of Bloomberg Beta, which looks at machine learning startups. Zilis moved to Neuralink, working as a project manager in the CEO’s office. According to her LinkedIn profile, she is now director of operations and special projects at the company, which Musk co-founded in 2016.
How does he know Musk?
Zilis is currently Neuralink’s director of operations and special projects. Zillis joined OpenAI — an organization co-founded by Elon — as an advisor and later joined the board in 2016. (Musk left the board in 2018.) Zilis has worked on several AI projects for Musk’s Tesla company, from autopilot design to chip design.
What does he specialize in?
He is interested in “artificial intelligence, biological intelligence and everything in between and beyond.” shivon/Twitter According to Zilis’ Twitter bio, she’s interested in “artificial intelligence, biological intelligence, and everything in between.” In 2021, Zilis shared her plans for “Artificial Intelligence to unfold in the world in the best possible way” speaking at the Canadian Undergraduate Conference. “If you think about it, every element of your reality – everything you’ve ever touched, every memory you’ve ever had, everything you’ve ever felt, these are all just signals coming from your brain, and so when we talk about creating a platform for immediate interface with the brain, you have the ability to just shape literally everything,” he said at the time.
