Former OpenAI board member says Elon Musk offered her sperm donations
Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk's children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.
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""I still really wanted to be a mum and Elon made the offer around that time and I accepted.""
— Shivon Zilis , Executive
""We trusted her to keep the Elon conflict under control.""
— Greg Brockman , Executive
Key People
Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.
Greg Brockman is the president of OpenAI.
Ilya Sutskever is a cofounder of OpenAI.
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
Shivon Zilis is a former board member of OpenAI and an executive involved in AI initiatives.
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Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk's children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.
Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member and mother of four of Elon Musk's children, testified in a lawsuit between Musk and OpenAI, revealing that Musk had offered her sperm donations. She presented internal emails and notes suggesting Musk discussed making OpenAI more commercial and gaining greater control over the company, potentially contradicting his claims in the lawsuit that OpenAI had deviated from its original non-profit mission and misled him.
Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member and mother of four of Elon Musk's children, testified in court that Musk offered to donate sperm for her to conceive via IVF.
Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member and mother of four of Elon Musk's children, testified in court that Musk offered to donate sperm for her to conceive via IVF.
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