Overview

• Pratik Pandey, 35, badged into the office on the evening of August 19 and was found around 2 a.m. on August 20 in a campus courtyard.
• Mountain View police reported no signs of suspicious activity and are not treating the case as a criminal investigation.
• A community leader said an initial medical examiner assessment indicated a heart attack, but the official cause has not been released.
• Family members and roommates said Pandey had been working late nights under significant stress and urged tech firms to reduce excessive work pressure.
• Friends and family held a viewing on August 29 in Fremont before repatriating his remains to India; Pandey worked on Microsoft Fabric and previously at Apple, Illumina, and Walmart Labs, and studied at San Jose State University.