Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive, said on Friday, October 2, that her relationship with Elon Musk has ended. She posted the news on X, saying it came within about a week and without warning. They have four children together, born between 2021 and 2025. This story is now almost two weeks old, and we have not seen a public statement from Musk.
What she wrote
Zilis said it is hard to go from being in love to letting go in a week, and wrote, “I’m hurting, but care deeply about E.” She said she is grateful for their children and hopes the two can stay friends and raise them as co-parents. She said she was glad to have given him understanding, stability and love, and described their home as a calm and safe place.
The news spread after public tracking accounts noticed that Musk had removed her from the accounts he follows on X.
What we know and do not
Neither of them has given a reason for the split, and Zilis describes it as sudden. The coverage we read does not say when it began or give details beyond what she posted. Everything about the breakup comes from her own post.
Our take: this is one person’s account of a private matter, posted by her, and Musk has not answered it in anything we found. The part with the most at stake is the co-parenting of four children, which she says she wants to keep friendly. Anything beyond her words would be speculation. Musk’s family is also in the news through the documentary opening nationwide: Gibney’s Musk Film Goes Nationwide After Ad Fights and Insults.
