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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-044804"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLZE"
cik: "0001462056"
company_name: "Backblaze, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-23T12:28:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T12:30:12.556315+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Backblaze signs $335M multi-exabyte storage deal with CoreWeave, grants warrants

## Summary
- Total contract value ~$335M over initial 5- and 7-year order forms for cloud storage services.
- Backblaze issues warrants to CoreWeave for 4,194,876 shares at $7.60 exercise price.
- Initial warrant vests quarterly over 5 years; additional warrant vests based on storage capacity contracted.
- Deal positions Backblaze as key storage provider for AI workloads, leveraging HDD-based tiers in CoreWeave's AI Object Storage.
- CoreWeave customers gain immediate access to new service tiers without code modifications.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-044804
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLZE
- cik: 0001462056
- company_name: Backblaze, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-23T12:28:16+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462056/000162828026044804/0001628280-26-044804-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462056/000162828026044804/blze-20260616.htm

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