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Backblaze, Inc. reports developments in cloud storage, data protection, and infrastructure services for businesses, developers, managed service providers, and consumers. The company’s platform includes B2 Cloud Storage, an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud object storage offering, and Computer Backup, a software-as-a-service backup product.
Backblaze news commonly covers quarterly financial results, B2 growth trends, AI and data-intensive workloads, neocloud demand, media workflow partnerships, performance and network benchmark reports, channel recognition, leadership changes, and investor conference participation. Company updates also highlight use cases such as AI training data, generative media, application storage, cyber resilience, and critical data protection.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) was named to the 2026 CRN Storage 100 list in the Data Recovery/Observability/Resiliency category on April 14, 2026.
The recognition cites Backblaze's high-performance, S3-compatible cloud storage, resilient architecture, and partner programs such as Powered by Backblaze that support AI-scale and data-intensive workloads.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) appointed Anuj Kumar as Chief Revenue Officer on April 13, 2026 to accelerate go-to-market execution as AI workloads expand storage demand. Kumar brings two decades of cloud revenue leadership and joins amid B2 Cloud Storage's 26% year-over-year growth in 2025 and the company closing its first eight-figure total contract value deal.
The hire aligns with Backblaze's dual AI growth strategy serving neocloud GPU providers and AI-native developers, targeting a cited $14 billion storage opportunity by 2030.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) will host partner showcases at the 2026 NAB Show to demonstrate modern media workflows and AI-ready storage. Sessions run April 20–21 at booth N1259 in North Hall, featuring partners like Iconik, Telestream, Twelve Labs, Qencode, Tillered and others.
Presentations cover archive monetization, S3 native streaming, real-time review, orchestration and AI-driven media compliance.
Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) released its Q1 2026 Performance Stats, expanding testing to EU-Central and comparing Backblaze B2, AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, and Wasabi across US-East and EU-Central. Results show meaningful regional variation, no single provider dominates, and multi-threaded throughput patterns differ from simple averages. A webinar is set for April 9, 2026, 10:00 a.m. PT.
The report publishes full methodology and raw results to support repeatable industry benchmarking and replication by third parties.
Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) announced that an original Storage Pod 1.0 chassis (unit "ul010") has been accepted into the Computer History Museum's permanent collection on March 31, 2026. The unit, the 11th production pod, stored customer data for years and exemplifies Backblaze's open-hardware influence.
This recognition highlights Backblaze's 2009 "Petabytes on a Budget" design that used off-the-shelf components to deliver low-cost, high-density cloud storage and helped catalyze commoditized server architectures.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) granted inducement equity awards on March 24, 2026 to two senior hires: Rhett Dillingham (Senior VP of Product) and Joey Myers (VP of Revenue Operations).
The awards total 194,240 RSUs for Dillingham and 82,650 RSUs for Myers, vesting 25% after one year then quarterly over three years, subject to continued employment.
Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) announced that Laquie T.N. Campbell, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Media & Entertainment, will moderate a SMPTE panel at NAB Show 2026 titled “From Build to Broadcast to Fan Experience in Live Sports Systems.” The session is scheduled for April 18, 3:00–3:55 p.m., room N259, and will examine end-to-end sports workflows, AI-enabled production planning, signal integrity, synchronization, metadata, and infrastructure scalability for immersive fan experiences.
The panel features industry speakers Zandra Clarke, Frank LaSpina, and ErinRose Widner and is part of the SMPTE Visual Innovation and Brilliant Engineering Conference at NAB Show 2026.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) partnered with StorageReview to host a record 314 trillion digits of pi via Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, making the roughly 130 TB dataset publicly accessible in 200 GB chunks. The full calculation totals ~2.1 PB with checkpoints; the 314 trillion-digit subset is available for download and research.
The dataset was computed in December 2025 and is available to request today at Backblaze's pi access page.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) on March 10, 2026 granted a material equity inducement to Dan Spraggins, Senior Vice President of Engineering, consisting of 234,220 restricted stock units (RSUs) under the 2024 New Employee Equity Incentive Plan.
The RSUs vest 25% after one year, then in equal quarterly installments over the next three years, subject to continued employment; Mr. Spraggins joined in January 2026 and was designated an officer subject to Section 16.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) announced two new enterprise tools for Backblaze Computer Backup: the Advanced Installer and the Backblaze Command Line Interface (bzcli). These enable centralized preconfiguration, policy enforcement, and automated post-deployment management across macOS and Windows.
The Advanced Installer lets IT lock schedules, enforce exclusions and security preferences, and suppress notifications; bzcli enables scripted configuration, reporting, and integration with Jamf, Kandji, Addigy, and other MDM/RMM platforms.