--- title: "Elon Musk Has a Secret Child Named Techno Mechanicus" description: "Elon Musk apparently has a third child with musician Claire \"Grimes\" Boucher, this one with the fictional-sounding name Techno Mechanicus." date: "2023-09-09" modified: "2023-09-09" authors: - name: "Jon Christian" job_title: "Executive Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-secret-child-techno-mechanicus" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "celebrities" - "children" - "elon musk" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Has a Secret Child Named Techno Mechanicus ![Elon Musk apparently has a third child with musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher, this one with the fictional-sounding name Techno Mechanicus.]() *MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 06: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner and Elon Musk talk in the garage during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 06, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) \Image: Mark Thompson via Getty Images\* ## Name Game Thought you were up to date on the drama surrounding international busy guy Elon Musk's ever-expanding brood of offspring? Well, you'd be wrong. A new revelation from biographer Walter Isaacson's upcoming book about Musk, courtesy of a [new review in the *New York Times*](): he has a *third* child with musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher in addition to the two we knew about, this one with the fictional-sounding name of Techno Mechanicus. Sure, it's not the most normal moniker. But Musk's other kids with Grimes are named X Æ A-12 and Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, so in the grand scheme of things maybe this kiddo actually got off easy. ## Family Business Aside from a nickname — the child reportedly goes by Tau — the *NYT* review revealed little about this newly-revealed progeny. Incredibly, though, it's not the first or even the second time that it's turned out Musk had a baby without bothering to tell anybody: back in 2022, a reporter [heard an infant screaming]() during an interview with Grimes and it turned out to be a previously undisclosed baby, and later that same year it [turned out that he'd had a pair of twins]() with an employee of his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, similarly without informing the public. Exactly who Musk is linked to romantically these days is a bit hazy. Another [tidbit from Isaacson's media tour]() has been a photograph of Musk hanging out with the aforementioned twins and their mother, but it seems as though the situation with Grimes may be ongoing as well: in July, the two were [seen vacationing]() in Portofino with their sons, but this past week Grimes [tweeted and then deleted]() a post claiming that Musk wasn't allowing her to visit her son (it's unclear which one.) We'll stay tuned for further drama. **More on Elon Musk:** [*Elon Musk Associates Say His Strange Behavior May Be Related to Ketamine Habit*]() ## Author I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()