UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

September 1, 2025

Blaize Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-41139

86-2708752

(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)

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


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each 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 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 1, 2025, the Board of Directors of Blaize Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the grant to Harminder Sehmi, its Chief Financial Officer, of an option to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, under the Company’s 2025 Incentive Award Plan, at an exercise price of $3.57 per share (the “Option”), as compensation for 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 foregoing description of the Option is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Company’s form of stock option agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


No.		Description

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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Blaize Holdings, Inc.

Dated: September 2, 2025

/s/ Dinakar Munagala

Dinakar Munagala

Chief Executive Officer

Blaize Holdings, Inc. 8-K