SAN FRANCISCO — A final autopsy report released Friday afternoon for Suchir Balaji — the OpenAI whistleblower who claimed the company violated federal copyright laws — concluded the 26-year-old died by suicide inside his San Francisco apartment.
The San Francisco County Medical Examiner’s report said Balaji died Nov. 26, 2024, of a single self-inflicted gunshot.
The medical examiner’s report runs counter to claims Balaji’s family made in recent months that questioned the circumstances of his death and fueled a growing number of theories on social media about how he may have died.
In an accompanying letter to the attorneys for Balaji’s parents, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said the medical examiner’s findings — paired with his own department’s work — led him to conclude “there is insufficient evidence to find Mr. Balaji’s death was the result of homicide.” The letter was co-signed by David Serrano Sewell, the executive director of the medical examiner’s office.
“We realize that this information is difficult to receive, and we extend our sincere condolences to the Balaji family,” Scott and Serrano Sewell wrote. “We hope that this response may help bring some amount of closure to his grieving parents, friends and family.”
Contacted Friday evening, Balaji’s parents, Poornima Ramarao and Bajami Ramamurthy, said they were analyzing the report’s findings.
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