🍾 Greetings and Happy New Year!

As 2023 draws to a close, I am reaching out with a message of thanks for being part of what makes Backblaze great.

Whether you're prepping for the chaos of a large family celebration, aiming to escape the chaos with some solo time and a good book, or however you're wrapping up your 2023, I hope that you're getting to take a moment to find some mental space, reflection, and joy.    For us here at Backblaze, 2023 was another big year. I shared a list of some highlights with our team and the response I heard was, "Wow, I'm tired just listening to all of it 🙂"   Here's a few of the big things that kept us busy last year: Helping You Do Amazing Things: From an esports company using B2 Cloud Storage for their media streaming, to one of Europe's leading AgTech companies securing their business continuity and disaster recovery with our solutions, to a surveillance company using Backblaze B2 and AI to analyze footage, it was incredible to watch you all innovate, grow, and protect your most important data with Backblaze. Offering Free Egress: Unlike AWS and others, we believe you should be able to use your data how and where you want so you can break free and leverage the open cloud. We made downloading your data free to support that belief further. Going 30% Faster: We built "shard stash", which enables B2 Cloud Storage to have uploads up to 30% faster than AWS S3. Powering AI: In helping customers like Black.ai and Monument, and partnering with leading GPU compute providers like CoreWeave and Vultr, B2 Cloud Storage is supporting the AI boom in data generation and analysis. Reaching $100m ARR: Celebrating our 16th anniversary, being on track for adjusted EBITDA positive this quarter, and crossing this recurring revenue milestone supports us building Backblaze for decades to come. As I look forward to our plans for 2024, it feels like we're just getting started. You can look forward to more of the same from us—more partnerships and integrations, more performance improvement, more new features and functionality—but all with the same easy-to-use, affordable, reliable service you count on.   Thank you for trusting us with your data, and with all that relies on that data.   And if you have any feedback or need any help in the coming days, weeks, or months, never hesitate to reach out: Share feedback Get help I wish you and your families a happy holiday season.    —Gleb  Backblaze, 201 Baldwin Avenue, San Mateo, California 94401 Unsubscribe Manage preferences