Deal-useful Backblaze and storage-market news. Unofficial, not affiliated with Backblaze, Inc. https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/ 2026-10-17T12:00:00Z Fred Nixhttps://resume.nixfred.com https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-10/#2026-10-17-backblaze-and-flamethrower-host-two-afterburn-eve 2026-10-17T12:00:00Z

Backblaze and Flamethrower are hosting two Afterburn evenings around SF Tech Week and TechCrunch Disrupt for founders, builders, investors and partners, with no panels or pitches. How to use it in a deal: Part of the startup and AI-builder push: invite early-stage and AI prospects and partner contacts as a low-pressure touchpoint, then follow up with a scoped B2 trial. Source: Backblaze on X.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-10/#2026-10-17-backblaze-labs-open-sources-a-4d-gaussian-splat-t 2026-10-17T12:00:00Z

Radiance Fields covered a Backblaze Labs template, MIT-licensed, that turns synchronized multi-camera video into a trained 4D Gaussian splat stored in B2. It stages data for hustvl/4DGaussians (the CVPR 2024 paper code) and tracks how one capture session fans out into frames, checkpoints and a final splat. How to use it in a deal: A strong demo or whiteboard prop for media and AI pipeline buyers, but position it as sample code with no SLA: the deployed API is unauthenticated with bucket-wide access, so scope any POC to a dedicated bucket and application key. Source: Radiance Fields.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-10/#2026-10-17-hippius-is-6-tb-with-egress-included 2026-10-17T12:00:00Z

Hippius, a decentralized cloud that runs as Bittensor Subnet 75, lists S3-compatible storage at $6 per TB per month pay as you go, with egress and API requests included, and markets one-click migration from B2, S3 and R2. How to use it in a deal: Don't fight the headline price: compare what the customer is buying. B2 brings designed durability of 11 nines, a published SLA, enterprise support and the backup and media ecosystem their vendors already certify; ask what their auditors and backup vendor will accept for data spread across an independent miner network. Source: Hippius pricing.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-10/#2026-10-01-jamf-deployment-options-mac-backup 2026-10-01T12:00:00Z

Backblaze expanded its Jamf integration for Mac backup: devices can be matched to users from existing assignment data or by detecting the logged-in user, while silent installs, scripts and existing Jamf policies keep working. How to use it in a deal: Mac-heavy shops (media, design, education): Computer Backup deploys through the Jamf workflows IT already runs, so propose a pilot group before fleet rollout. Source: Backblaze IR.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-09/#2026-09-29-drive-stats-q2-2026 2026-09-29T12:00:00Z

Backblaze published Q2 2026 Drive Stats: quarterly annualized failure rate 1.73% across 350K+ drives, with 20 TB+ drives now over 25% of the fleet. How to use it in a deal: Credibility with storage-savvy buyers: Backblaze publishes its own failure data, and durability comes from erasure coding across pods, not from perfect drives. Source: Backblaze IR.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-09/#2026-09-14-sse-b2-default-encryption-live 2026-09-14T12:00:00Z

All new B2 uploads are encrypted at rest with SSE-B2 (AES-256) by default. Existing objects are not encrypted retroactively. How to use it in a deal: Security questionnaires: "encrypted at rest by default" is now a yes for new data; older objects need a re-copy to be encrypted. Source: Backblaze blog.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-09/#2026-09-10-suite-studios-b2-drive 2026-09-10T12:00:00Z

Suite Studios' S3-native file streaming lets media teams mount B2 as a NAS-like drive for editing workflows. How to use it in a deal: Answers the media objection "my editors need a drive letter, not a bucket"; bring it into post-production discovery. Source: Backblaze blog.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-09/#2026-09-08-b2-mcp-server 2026-09-08T12:00:00Z

An open-source MCP server lets AI agents operate B2; the tools it exposes depend on the application key's capabilities. How to use it in a deal: Agent and AI buyers: demo with a read-only key first, then a prefix-scoped write key. The blast radius is the key. Source: Backblaze blog.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-07/#2026-07-01-wasabi-payg-799 2026-07-01T12:00:00Z

Wasabi's pay-as-you-go list price moved from $6.99 to $7.99 per TB per month. It keeps a 90-day minimum storage duration; Wasabi charges no egress fees but has a fair-use egress policy. How to use it in a deal: Renewal trigger: ask how they budget the next increase, and price the 90-day minimum against their short-retention data. Source: Wasabi pricing.

https://backblaze.nixfred.com/news/2026-06/#2026-06-23-coreweave-strategic-storage-agreement 2026-06-23T12:00:00Z

Backblaze and CoreWeave signed a master strategic agreement worth about $335M over 5 and 7 year order forms, multi-exabyte, with Backblaze powering HDD capacity tiers in CoreWeave AI Object Storage. How to use it in a deal: AI capacity-tier proof point: flash for hot data, Backblaze for exabyte-scale capacity behind it. Source: Blocks & Files.