Creators gain secure, affordable storage with integrated digital rights management and revenue-sharing tools.

Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the high-performance cloud storage platform for the AI era, today announced its B2 Cloud Storage platform’s strategic integration with Shareio, a new platform enabling creators to monetize and protect their digital content with robust security and clear economics.

Shareio’s platform addresses a critical gap in the creator economy: securely storing, distributing and monetizing creative assets without relying on restrictive platforms that take substantial cuts or impose unpredictable fees. By combining Backblaze’s affordable, high-performance B2 Cloud Storage with Shareio’s decentralized monetization and digital rights management (DRM), creators can store their work cost-effectively while maintaining full control over distribution and monetization.

“Creators shouldn’t choose between affordability and control,” said Dave Simon, Sr. Media & Entertainment Alliances Director at Backblaze. “Shareio’s approach removes the middleman friction by letting creators monetize directly from their cloud storage. Pairing their platform with B2’s transparent pricing and free egress to CDN partners, creators get storage that suits their needs.”

The platform addresses real challenges for creators: photographers and videographers managing large asset libraries, independent studios and developers protecting intellectual property, and content creators producing generative media. Instead of uploading to centralized platforms with opaque pricing and restrictive terms, creators can store with Backblaze and manage monetization through Shareio’s tools—selling downloads, renting access, or building subscription models.

“We built Shareio to give creators agency over their work and revenue,” said Charles Bronstein, co-founder and CEO of Shareio. “Pairing with Backblaze was a natural choice because they share our philosophy: transparent pricing, no surprises and genuine creator control.”

The integration is straightforward: creators store content on Backblaze B2, manage access and monetization through Shareio’s platform, and benefit from B2’s free egress when delivering content to CDN partners or end users. This architecture eliminates the cost surprises and limitations that affect creator workflows on traditional cloud platforms.

To learn how Backblaze B2 supports creator-focused platforms and workflows, visit www.backblaze.com. Creators interested in Shareio’s monetization tools can sign up at www.shareio.com.

About Backblaze

Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) gives businesses the freedom to innovate without limits by removing the barriers of lock-in, complexity, and cost. Our high-performance cloud object storage accelerates AI workflows, powers data-heavy applications, streamlines media management, and protects critical data. As an award-winning independent cloud, we provide unparalleled levels of interoperability that enable over 500,000 of our customers to reach and serve hundreds of millions of end users in 175 countries around the world. For more information, please go to www.backblaze.com.

About Shareio

Shareio is a storage-agnostic platform empowering creators and enterprises, including AI content creators, to securely monetize and protect digital content. With enterprise-grade DRM and a revolutionary decentralized monetization solution for any file type, Shareio ensures creators retain control over their intellectual property and revenue.

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