Shivon Zilis is an AI executive and venture capitalist who works at Neuralink as director of special projects. Shivon Zilis's Twitter Score is 222 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #1,938 (top 0.5%) among 487,142 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 601,455 followers as of September 2026 and has published 3,668 posts. She has been mentioned by 136 accounts, with 431 total mentions.
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