Backblaze Inc. announced Anuj Kumar as Chief Revenue Officer for its high-performance AI-era cloud storage platform. Kumar brings over two decades of experience scaling cloud revenue organizations in enterprise infrastructure companies. He previously drove NetApp’s global cloud business during significant growth and expansion. The appointment follows strong momentum for Backblaze’s B2 Cloud Storage business, which grew 26 percent year over year in 2025. The company added offerings for Neoclouds and AI developers and closed its first major deal.
“The buildout of AI infrastructure is one of the largest capital replatformings in the history of enterprise technology, and storage underpins it,” said Anuj Kumar, Chief Revenue Officer, Backblaze. “Backblaze has built the right platform for this moment – high performance, S3-compatible, cost-efficient, and free from lock-ins that constrain what customers can do. My job is to make sure the market understands this, and to put in place the GTM motion and partnerships that turn that awareness into durable, compounding revenue.”
AI Strategy and Leadership Background
Kumar joins as Backblaze pursues two AI growth vectors across supply and demand sides globally. The company supports neocloud GPU providers and AI developers building large scale data applications.
“We are in the middle of a fundamental transformation. The opportunity in front of us demands a revenue leader who has done this at scale and in markets directly adjacent to ours,” said Gleb Budman, CEO, Backblaze.“Anuj built one of the most impressive cloud revenue growth stories in the enterprise infrastructure space at NetApp. He understands the neocloud and AI infrastructure ecosystem, he knows how to move upmarket without losing the product-led motion that made us who we are, and he can drive the pipeline discipline and execution rigor this phase of our growth requires.”
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News Source: Businesswire.com
