UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~ Section 13 OR 15(d)

OFof ~~THE~~The ~~SECURITIES~~Securities ~~EXCHANGE~~Exchange ~~ACT~~Act OFof 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~August 14, 2025~~

September 1, 2025

Blaize Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-41139	86-2708752
(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4659 Golden Foothill Parkway, Suite 206

El Dorado Hills, California

95762

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(916) 347-0050

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities ~~registered~~Registered pursuant to ~~Section~~ section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	~~TradingSymbol~~Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each ~~exchangeon~~exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	BZAI	The Nasdaq Stock Market
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	BZAIW	The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 25.02. ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Conditions~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~August~~September 141, 2025, the Board of Directors of Blaize Holdings, Inc. (the “~~Blaize~~Company”) ~~issued~~approved athe ~~press~~grant ~~release~~to ~~announcing~~Harminder Sehmi, its ~~results~~Chief Financial Officer, of ~~operations~~an ~~for~~option to purchase 200,000 shares of the ~~quarter~~Company’s ~~ended~~common ~~June 30~~stock, ~~2025~~par value $0.0001 Aper ~~copy~~share, ofunder the ~~press~~Company’s ~~release~~2025 isIncentive ~~attached~~Award ~~hereto~~Plan, at an exercise price of $3.57 per share (the “Option”), as ~~Exhibit~~compensation 99for his ongoing significant contributions to the Company. The Option will vest as to one-eighth of the shares subject thereto on each of the first eight quarterly anniversaries of September 1, 2025, subject to Mr. Sehmi’s continuous service with the Company through the applicable vesting date.

The ~~information~~foregoing ~~provided~~description ~~pursuant to this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 is being “furnished” herewith and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes~~ of ~~Section 18 of~~ the ~~Securities~~Option ~~Exchange~~is ~~Act~~qualified ~~of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference~~ in ~~any~~its ~~filing~~entirety ~~made~~ by ~~Blaize under~~ the ~~Exchange~~full ~~Act~~text orof the ~~Securities~~Company’s ~~Act~~form of ~~1933,~~stock asoption ~~amended~~agreement, ~~regardless~~which ofis ~~any~~included ~~general~~as ~~incorporation~~Exhibit ~~language~~10.1 into ~~such~~this ~~filings,~~Current ~~except~~Report ason ~~shall~~Form be8-K ~~expressly~~and ~~set~~is ~~forth~~incorporated herein by ~~specific~~ reference. ~~in any such filings~~

Item 9.01. Financial ~~Statement~~Statements and Exhibits.

(cd) Exhibits.

99.1		Press Release, dated August 14, 2025.
No.		Description
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document).
10.1		Blaize Holdings, Inc. Form of Stock Option Agreement.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this ~~Report~~report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Blaize Holdings, Inc.
Date: August 14, 2025	By:	/s/ Dinakar Munagala
Dated: September 2, 2025	By:	/s/ Dinakar Munagala
	Name:	Dinakar Munagala
		Dinakar Munagala
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
		Chief Executive Officer

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