Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has welcomed his 14th child, a baby boy Seldon Lycurgus, with his current partner Shivon Zilis. The news was shared by Zilis herself on social media, where she shared her excitement over the birth of their second son. She posted: “Just talked with Elon and, on Arcadia’s birthday as pretty as pretty is, definitely thought it best to also just simply post about our incredible and incredible son Seldon Lycurgus. Big and strong, heart of gold. Love him so much ♥️.”

Musk, 53, confirmed the news with a red heart emoji on the post but has not yet publicly spoken about the birth beyond that. While the birth of their son has caused a stir, the announcement also follows a storm of personal scandals surrounding Musk, including a recent paternity controversy.

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Musk’s romance with Zilis, a high-ranking executive at his firm Neuralink, has now yielded four children together: twins Azure and Strider, and their new baby son Seldon. But Musk’s expanding brood has not been without controversy. Zilis has kept her social media fans in the loop about their life, including a recent post honoring their daughter Arcadia, which was used as a backdrop to announce the arrival of their son.

The timing of the announcement is also noteworthy coming as it did just weeks following a paternity claim by conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, who herself had filed a paternity case against Musk earlier. St. Clair, who is 26 years old, claimed to have given birth to Musk’s 13th child in October of 2024 and that Musk had privately recognized his paternity but had yet to make public acknowledgment. She went on to complain that Musk did not attend the delivery and had remained incommunicado with her and the child since.

On X (now Twitter), St. Clair tweeted, “Five months ago I gave birth to a new baby. Elon Musk is the dad.” She attached the Latin phrases “Alea iacta est,” meaning “The die is cast.” With the tweet, St. Clair confirmed she had filed a paternity as well as custody case. The lawsuit has also increased the interest of the general public in Musk’s private life, with St. Clair claiming that their affair began in May 2023 and that they became pregnant in January 2024.

The court actions against Musk have abetted unsubstantiated online speculation. Musk has made no public statement regarding the lawsuit, and his lawyers have remained tight-lipped regarding it. The public exchange, however, of Musk and St. Clair has not been missed. Their on-again-off-again on-line banter included joking around about parenting, reproduction, and Musk’s verbal pronouncements about population growth and declining birthrate.

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Musk has consistently affirmed that low birth rates are amongst the largest challenges to civilization and has described the world as undergoing an “incredible demographic decline.” He has been reflected similarly in his social media, which includes his utterances about requiring population growth despite seeing a urgent issue with society.

If St. Clair succeeds in her suit, the child she claims Musk fathered would be his 13th, an additional complicated member of his already sprawling and diverse family tree. Musk’s children are five from his first marriage to author Justine Wilson: twins Vivian and Griffin, and triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian. Musk also has three children with artist Grimes: their eldest X Æ A-12 (commonly known as “X”), daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, and son Techno Mechanicus.

Zilis’s own children with Musk are highlighted by name and by being born to one of the world’s richest and most influential men. Besides their twins Azure and Strider, Seldon is now their third child together. The two, who have worked together several times, have kept relatively secretive personal lives, with Zilis’s social media post being the public documentation of their son’s birth.

While congratulations have been raining in for Musk and Zilis, the internet has also been full of wry comments, with some speculating that Musk’s interest in procreation is his response to growing concerns of population decline. Netizens and critics have had a hand full of time with memes and satire, quipping that Musk’s solution to the problem of declining birth rates is by increasing the number of children he has.

For Musk, the news of his 14th child may be a personal milestone, but it will not probably stop the controversies that dog him. Apart from his private life, Musk remains a center of attention in the tech world. As the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X, Musk remains at the forefront of innovation in electric vehicles, space exploration, and social media, with his actions tending to spark intense debate. His celebrity public persona has caused him to be a regular center of public attention, both for business and personal life.

Seldon Lycurgus’ birth is merely another installment in the ongoing drama of Musk’s family, whose legal and personal issues will most certainly be in the spotlight for quite some time to come. As long as Musk keeps these controversies in hand, however, the world will most certainly continue to watch on as his family—and empire—continue to grow ever larger.

In a world where Elon Musk’s every step is in the public eye, it appears that his growing family is just one more aspect of his larger-than-life persona. Whether through innovation, scandal, or personal achievements, the tech mogul continues to be the center of public attention and conversation.

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