Shivon Zilis (@shivon) — Twitter Score 241 out of 1000

Shivon Zilis is an AI executive and venture capitalist who works at Neuralink as director of special projects. Shivon Zilis's Twitter Score is 240 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #1,658 (top 0.5%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.

Shivon Zilis previously worked at OpenAI, where she joined in 2016 and served as a board member before stepping down from the board in March 2023. Earlier in her career, she worked in machine learning and artificial intelligence at IBM and Bloomberg before moving into venture capital at Bloomberg Beta. She also previously worked at Tesla. In addition to her role at Neuralink, she currently serves as a board member of Shield AI.

Shivon Zilis has been involved in notable legal proceedings, including testimony in the Musk v. Altman case, in which she denied having informed Elon Musk of OpenAI's private licensing negotiations with Microsoft between 2021 and 2023. Shivon Zilis has accumulated 645,273 followers as of October 2026 and has published 3,676 posts. She has been mentioned by 181 accounts, with 505 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Shivon Zilis include 1,024 founders, 276 angel investors, 243 influencers and 34 VCs, among them Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman and Nikita Bier.