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Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE) is a cloud storage company that focuses on high-performance cloud object storage and computer backup services. Its news flow reflects this focus on storage for the AI era, multi-cloud strategies, and transparent cloud economics. Company press releases highlight how Backblaze positions itself as an independent cloud provider that removes barriers related to lock-in, complexity, and cost.
Investors and technology professionals following BLZE news will see updates on topics such as AI and data-intensive workloads, media and entertainment storage, and creator-focused platforms. Recent announcements include integrations of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage with third-party platforms like Shareio for creator monetization, participation in industry events such as the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations, & Cloud Strategies Conference and the Sports Video Group Summit, and commentary on cloud storage cost challenges through research with Dimensional Research.
Backblaze also regularly publishes and promotes transparency initiatives through its news, including Drive Stats reports on hard drive reliability, Performance Stats reports benchmarking cloud storage performance across providers, and Network Stats reports analyzing how AI workloads are reshaping data flows. Financial results, restructuring plans, and stock repurchase programs are disclosed via press releases and associated SEC filings, providing additional context for investors tracking the company’s strategy and operations.
This BLZE news page aggregates these updates so readers can review announcements on partnerships, product-related initiatives, benchmarking reports, and corporate developments in one place. For those monitoring the evolution of cloud storage in support of AI, media, and large-scale data workflows, Backblaze’s news offers insight into how the company is positioning its storage cloud and responding to industry trends.
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.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) will present at the Citizens Technology Conference in San Francisco on Monday, March 2, 2026. Marc Suidan, Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to speak at 12:00 p.m. PT (3:00 p.m. ET).
The presentation will be webcast; live and archived links will be available in the company’s Events & Presentations section at the investor relations website.
Backblaze (Nasdaq: BLZE) on February 24, 2026 appointed Rhett Dillingham as Senior Vice President of Product to lead its product organization as the company scales its cloud storage platform for AI and data-intensive workloads.
Dillingham brings more than two decades of product leadership across AI, cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity and will focus on customer-centric product innovation to support growing AI use cases.