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F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 15, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birthFebruary 8, 1986

Age38 Years (as of 2024)

BirthplaceMarkham, Ontario, Canada

ProfessionVenture Capitalist, AI Researcher

NationalityCanadian

FamilyChildren: twins Strider and Azure (born November 2021); a third child in 2024. Parents: Richard Zilis and Sharda Zilis. Only child.

Shivon Zilis Biography

Shivon Zilis is a Canadian venture capitalist and artificial intelligence researcher known for leadership roles at technology organizations, her work in AI

Early life and background

Shivon Alice Zilis was born on February 8, 1986, in Markham, Ontario, Canada. She grew up there and attended Unionville High School. Zilis went on to study at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where she earned a BA in Economics and Philosophy in 2008. At Yale she was active in varsity athletics as a goaltender for the women’s ice hockey team and also pursued musical interests, playing drums and guitar.

Her family background includes an Indian Punjabi heritage on her mother’s side; her parents are Richard Zilis and Sharda Zilis. She is an only child. Zilis has blue eyes and dark brown hair and is listed at approximately 5'6" (167 cm) in height. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius and she holds Canadian nationality.

Career

Zilis began her professional career at IBM in 2007 as a Thought Leadership Analyst, working on initiatives related to microfinance and mobile finance strategies that included travel to countries such as Peru and Indonesia. After moving toward venture work and startup partnerships, she became a co‑founder of Bloomberg Beta in March 2011, an early‑stage venture fund backed by Bloomberg L.P. that focuses on machine intelligence.

Over the years Zilis has served in advisory and board roles across the AI and startup ecosystem. She joined OpenAI as an advisor in 2016 and became a board member in 2020. She has been involved with organizations including the Vector Institute and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), and she served as a fellow at the Creative Destruction Lab. Zilis has also been a charter member of C100, an organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship.

Her work has included roles tied to Elon Musk’s companies: she worked on Tesla’s Autopilot product and chip design team as a project director from 2017 to 2019, and she has been appointed Director of Operations and Special Projects at Neuralink, the neurotechnology company developing implantable brain‑machine interfaces.

Public profile

Zilis has been recognized on several industry lists, including Forbes 30 Under 30 for venture capital and LinkedIn’s 35 Under 35. Her public comments and social media activity show engagement with technological and philosophical topics; she has cited influences such as Ray Kurzweil’s writing and expressed admiration for philosophers including Friedrich Nietzsche and David Hume. Publicly she has spoken about personal interests such as skiing and animals.

In the public conversation about her career and associations, Zilis has appeared alongside political and industry figures and served on the Board of the Global Community Charter School. She has also been visible in media and conference settings related to AI and venture capital.

Personal life and family

As reported in court documents, Zilis and Elon Musk share children: twins named Strider and Azure, who were born in November 2021, and a third child welcomed in 2024. Documents indicate that Zilis has lived with Musk in Austin, Texas, and that the parents petitioned a Travis County, Texas court in July 2022 to change their children’s names to include Musk’s surname and Zilis’s name as a middle name.

Zilis has publicly supported Musk on social media at times and has responded to criticism of his decisions. After news about the twins became public she removed her Instagram account.

Latest updates

As of 2024, Zilis is 38 years old and continues to be active in roles related to artificial intelligence, venture capital, and neurotechnology. Her most recently reported positions include a leadership role at Neuralink and past board membership at OpenAI. Public records and reporting have also documented her growing family with Elon Musk.

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Recent Work

Director of Operations and Special Projects at Neuralink

Leadership role at Neuralink, the neurotechnology company developing implantable brain‑machine interfaces.

Undated (reported in excerpt)
Board member, OpenAI

Joined OpenAI as an advisor in 2016 and became a board member in 2020.

2020
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Career Highlights

  1. Co‑founder of Bloomberg Beta (2011)
  2. Board member of OpenAI (2020)
  3. Project director for Tesla Autopilot product and chip design team (2017–2019)
  4. Director of Operations and Special Projects at Neuralink
  5. Included in Forbes 30 Under 30 for venture capital
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