Backblaze is a publicly owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 2007, it employs approximately 330 individuals and primarily focuses on software development. The company provides cloud storage services, including Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases.
Backblaze Inc. will preview new approaches to powering modern storage pipelines for the media technology sector at the NAB Show, scheduled for April 18–22. The company plans to promote a simplified architecture designed to eliminate complex tiering and unexpected egress fees, common issues for media organizations managing large data volumes. The company also published its 2025 Year-End Drive Stats report on March 18, analyzing 344,196 hard drives across 30 models. This report indicated a 2025 yearly annualized failure rate (AFR) of 1.36%, a decrease from 1.55% in 2024. This follows the March 17 announcement of updates to B2 Cloud Storage pricing and APIs, reflecting investments in performance infrastructure and features to support customers scaling AI workloads and building data-intensive applications. Earlier, on March 13, Backblaze Inc. successfully stored 314 trillion digits of Pi using over 120TB of always-hot storage capacity, coinciding with Pi Day.
Backblaze's customers primarily consist of iT Services and IT Consulting, online Audio and Video Media and insurance companies. Examples of Backblaze's customers include Cologix, Coalition and Complex Networks. Backblaze has commercial and technical partners like MASV and Vultr. Examples of Backblaze's suppliers include Ivo and Cologix.
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