Shivon Zilis

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Shivon Zilis is a Canadian AI researcher and venture capitalist who is appointed as the Director of Operations and Special Projects at Neuralink, a brain-chip startup of Elon Musk. Apparently, she is the mother of Elon Musks secret twins who were born in November 2021.She is a Punjabi Indian from her mothers side and Canadian (Caucasian) from her fathers side. [3]USA Today.Zilis excelled at ice hockey during her school days and was in pursuit of a hockey scholarship to get admission to Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. She bagged the sports scholarship and also received an academic scholarship because of her high grades in her high school examination.Zilis played for the Yale varsity womens ice hockey team as a goalie and was credited with one of the all-time best save percentages. Shivon Zilis playing Hockey at the Yale University.While studying at Yale University, Shivon not only played ice hockey but also played the drums and guitar.Having an interest in literature, Shivon was drawn toward Artificial Intelligence after reading The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil; it was the Canadian band Our Lady Peace that inspired her to read the book.Although Shivon initially thought of returning to Canada from Connecticut post her graduation, she was enthralled by the history of technology development in the U.S. and the idea of working in an American tech giant. In 2007, she joined IBM, an American multinational technology corporation, as a Thought Leadership Analyst. Shivon Zilis in a talk show.Soon, she attached herself to IBMs micro-finance initiative, as a part of which, she traveled the world. Traveling to countries like Peru and Indonesia, Shivon helped to develop systems to provide smooth financial services to small businesses and organizations in developing nations. She worked on the internal strategies for around two years, forming mobile finance strategies, China banking solutions strategy, Smarter Planet portfolio solution strategy, and overcoming disruptions in consumer payments.Shifting to the entrepreneurial side of her work, Zilis got involved in providing business solutions and facilitating partnerships with startups. Shivon Zilis during a business meeting.In March 2011, she founded Bloomberg Beta along with Roy Bahat, Karin Klein, and James Cham; Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture capital funded by Bloomberg L.P. The firm utilizes machine intelligence..