---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-035755"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMZE"
cik: "0001880343"
company_name: "AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-03T13:15:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-03T13:16:07.410119+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amaze Holdings CEO Aaron Day removed; CFO Joel Krutz named interim CEO

## Summary
- Aaron Day no longer CEO effective July 31, 2026; remains on board.
- Joel Krutz, CFO, appointed interim CEO while board searches for permanent successor.
- Michael Pruitt, previously Vice Chairman, named Chairman of the Board.
- Board to take more active role in value creation; Krutz continues as CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-035755
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMZE
- cik: 0001880343
- company_name: AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-03T13:15:15+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000149315226035755/0001493152-26-035755-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000149315226035755/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-035755
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-035755.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-035755.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joel Krutz was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer at AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 31, 2026, the Board appointed Joel Krutz, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately, while the Board conducts a search for a permanent successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000149315226035755/0001493152-26-035755-index.htm
- Executive change
  Aaron Day departed as Chief Executive Officer at AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: no longer serve
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 31, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Amaze Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) determined that Aaron Day would no longer serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000149315226035755/0001493152-26-035755-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Pruitt was appointed as Chairman of the Board at AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On July 31, 2026, the Board appointed Michael Pruitt, previously Vice Chairman of the Board, to serve as Chairman of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000149315226035755/0001493152-26-035755-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.