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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001855747-23-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLND"
cik: "0001855747"
company_name: "Blend Labs, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T05:23:53.862579+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blend Labs dismisses EY as auditor, appoints PwC effective April 5, 2023

## Summary
- Dismissed Ernst & Young as independent auditor; no adverse opinions or disagreements in prior audits.
- Engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers as new auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, effective immediately.
- Prior material weakness in internal controls over intangible asset valuation was remediated as of December 31, 2022.
- EY provided a letter to the SEC, filed as Exhibit 16.1, agreeing with the disclosures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001855747-23-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLND
- cik: 0001855747
- company_name: Blend Labs, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855747/000185574723000022/0001855747-23-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855747/000185574723000022/blnd-20230405.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Blend Labs, Inc. dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”), the Company’s current independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855747/000185574723000022/0001855747-23-000022-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Blend Labs, Inc. engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855747/000185574723000022/0001855747-23-000022-index.htm

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