In an interview this week, Suchir Balaji’s mother and father expressed confusion and shock over his sudden passing, expressing doubt their son could have died by suicide, as determined by the county medical examiner. The family hired an expert to perform an independent autopsy, but has yet to release the report’s findings.

Suchir Balaji, 26-year-old former OpenAI employee was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on December 14; while initially his death was termed as a suicide, his family and some investigative journalists believe it to be a murder.

OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s mother, Poornima Rao, earlier claimed that Suchir’s apartment was ransacked. She said there was a sign of struggle in the bathroom, and it looked like someone hit him in the bathroom based on blood spots.

Poornima Ramarao is seeking an FBI investigation into the death of her son, which happened just weeks after he raised red-flag over the practices at OpenAI, which is the creator of ChatGPT.

George Webb ruled out the possibility that Suchir Balaji's death could've been due to a random act of violence, stating that nothing of value, including his laptop and phone, were missing. He, however,

In a major twist in the alleged suicide case of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, a US investigative journalist has claimed his backup drive related to the AI giant’s testimony has gone missing. George Webb has asserted Balaji’s death was not suicide but a murder.