# Backblaze

> Backblaze sells automated Mac and Windows backup and B2 cloud object storage for businesses, developers, media archives and AI workloads. Its economics grew out of custom storage hardware, published designs and a focus on storage rather than a full suite of cloud computing services. The publicly traded company reports more than 500,000 customers in 175 countries.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** San Mateo, United States
- **Founders:** Gleb Budman (Co-founder; CEO and board chair), Brian Wilson (Co-founder; former CTO), Billy Ng (Co-founder; former full stack architect), Casey Jones (Co-founder; former VP of design), Tim Nufire (Co-founder; former chief cloud officer), Damon Uyeda (Co-founder; former Mac architect), Nilay Patel (Co-founder; former VP of sales)
- **Products:** Computer Backup - Personal, Computer Backup - Business, B2 Cloud Storage, B2 Overdrive, Fireball
- **Notable:** Published its original Storage Pod design in 2009., Released B2 object storage in 2015., Began Nasdaq trading as BLZE in November 2021.

## Products & services

- **Computer Backup - Personal** — Automated, subscription-based backup of eligible files on Mac or Windows computers and attached drives; $9 monthly, $99 yearly or $189 for two years per computer at research date.
- **Computer Backup - Business** — Endpoint backup with group administration and centralized billing for businesses; distinct from server or NAS object-storage backup.
- **B2 Cloud Storage** — Always-hot object storage accessed through native and S3-compatible APIs, web console or CLI. Starts at $6.95/TB/month with free standard A/B/C transactions and included egress up to three times average monthly storage; separate Class D transaction charges can apply.
- **B2 Overdrive** — Dedicated storage and networking for high-throughput workloads; advertised throughput up to 1Tbps and prices from $15/TB/month with unlimited egress. Capacity commitments and sales onboarding apply.
- **Fireball** — Physical ingest device for moving large datasets to B2 when network upload is impractical.
- **Universal Data Migration** — Assisted transfer from other clouds or local infrastructure; qualifying commitments can include migration assistance.

## Achievements

- Published its original Storage Pod design in 2009.
- Released B2 object storage in 2015.
- Began Nasdaq trading as BLZE in November 2021.
- Has published public drive reliability datasets since 2013.
- Signed a $335 million CoreWeave agreement in June 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Public Q2 2026 Drive Stats dataset lists 354,415 drives and a quarterly annualized failure rate of 1.73%; this is a drive metric, not a customer data-loss rate.
- **2026-08** — Announced pricing of $175 million in zero-coupon convertible senior notes due 2031; initial purchasers have an additional option.
- **2026-08** — Q2 2026 results: $42.7 million revenue, up 18%; B2 revenue $26.6 million, up 34%; GAAP net loss $5.1 million.
- **2026-06** — Announced the five-year $335 million CoreWeave storage agreement.
- **2026-05** — B2 pay-as-you-go storage rose from $6 to $6.95/TB/month; standard API calls became free, subject to exceptions and platform rules.
- **2026-01** — Dan Spraggins joined as CTO, according to the leadership page.

## Links

- Website: https://www.backblaze.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/backblaze/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/backblaze
- GitHub: https://github.com/backblaze
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIVQUYBArvA9JcnGJksxGA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backblaze/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/backblaze

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Last updated: 2026-10-02