Shivon Zilis
Shivon Zilis is an investor and technology executive focused on machine intelligence; she was a partner and founding member of the venture fund Bloomberg Beta, served on OpenAI’s nonprofit board, and has been director of operations at the brain-computer interface company Neuralink.
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Key facts
December 2014Publishing a Machine Intelligence Landscape
In December 2014, Bloomberg published a piece explaining that she, then an investor at Bloomberg Beta, had spent about three months researching more than 2,500 startups and had created a “Machine Intelligence Landscape” from that work.[1]
2016Writing a Term Sheet for Shield AI
According to a 2020 ForbesForbesForbes is an American business media brand that began with Forbes magazine, founded by B.C. Forbes in 1917. It is known for rankings such as the Forbes 400, the World’s Billionaires list and 30 Under 30, and operates Forbes.com, ForbesLive events and licensed editions in 81 countries. Since 2014 a majority stake has been held by the Hong Kong investment group Integrated Whale Media; a 2021 plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange through a special purpose acquisition company was terminated in 2022. It is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.Open the full entry report, in mid-2016 the three co-founders of Shield AI, a defense drone and artificial intelligence company, persuaded her at Bloomberg Beta to write a term sheet for the company.[2]
November 2016Co-Authoring an Article in Harvard Business Review
On November 2, 2016, she and James Cham co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review on the competitive landscape for machine intelligence; the author note described her as a partner and founding member of Bloomberg Beta who focuses on early-stage data and machine intelligence investments.[3]
March 2019Listed on OpenAI’s Nonprofit Board
In its post announcing OpenAI LP, OpenAI listed the members of the OpenAI Nonprofit board as of March 11, 2019, and she was among the non-employee directors.[4]
March 2023Leaving the OpenAI Board
The Information reported that she, then director of operations at Neuralink, had stepped down from OpenAI’s board; a November 2023 CNNCNNCNN (Cable News Network) is an Atlanta-based news organization founded by Ted Turner on June 1, 1980, as the world’s first 24-hour television news channel. It has been owned in turn by Turner Broadcasting System, Time Warner, AT&T and Warner Bros. Discovery, became part of Skydance Corporation along with Warner Bros. Discovery in October 2026, and is one of the five networks that rotate in the White House television pool.Open the full entry report said she left the OpenAI board in March of that year.[5][6]
September 2023Joining the Shield AI Board
According to CNN, she joined the board of directors of Shield AI in September 2023.[6]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Bloomberg Beta: Official website: https://www.bloombergbeta.com/ (opens in a new window)[7]
OpenAI: Official website: https://openai.com/ (opens in a new window)[4]
Neuralink: Official website: https://neuralink.com/ (opens in a new window)[8]
Shield AI: Official website: https://shield.ai/ (opens in a new window)[9]
Sources
- The Current State of Machine Intelligence (opens in a new window)
- Shield AI Rejected A Pivot To ‘Selfie Drones’ (opens in a new window)
- The Competitive Landscape for Machine Intelligence (opens in a new window)
- OpenAI LP (opens in a new window)
- Shivon Zilis, Musk Associate, Leaves OpenAI Board (opens in a new window)
- OpenAI: The cast of characters of Silicon Valley’s latest, juiciest upheaval (opens in a new window)
- Bloomberg Beta (opens in a new window)
- Neuralink (opens in a new window)
- Company (opens in a new window)