OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s mother raises doubts after final autopsy declares death by suicide

A final autopsy report released on Friday concluded that 26-year-old OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, died by suicide inside his San Francisco apartment. The San Francisco County Medical Examiner confirmed that Balaji passed away on November 26, 2024, from a single self-inflicted gunshot wound.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott, in a letter to the attorneys representing Balaji’s parents, stated that both the medical examiner’s report and the police investigation found insufficient evidence to classify the death as a homicide.