A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 10 filings in this group are Form 4s for Blaize Holdings, Inc.
The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.
Across the 10 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 4 option exercise, 4 open-market sale, 1 compensation award and 1 other reported transaction. 4 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.
Form 4
Option exercise
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-10-13
BZAI insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Patak Stephen Paul (Chief Revenue Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
2,500 |
— |
— |
F |
Tax withholding on vested shares
|
609 |
$0.29 |
$176.61 |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
2,500 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Patak Stephen Paul (Chief Revenue Officer)
Shares: 3,109
Form 4
Option exercise
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-09-01
BZAI insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Evans Kimberly Peterson (General Counsel) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
18,750 |
— |
— |
F |
Tax withholding on vested shares
|
6,728 |
$0.49 |
$3.3K |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
18,750 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Evans Kimberly Peterson (General Counsel)
Shares: 25,478
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-08-17
BZAI insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Lauk Kurt J (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
A |
Compensation award
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
618,556 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Lauk Kurt J (Director)
Form 4
Option exercise
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-07-13
BZAI insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Patak Stephen Paul (Chief Revenue Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
2,500 |
— |
— |
F |
Tax withholding on vested shares
|
609 |
$1.23 |
$749.07 |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
2,500 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Patak Stephen Paul (Chief Revenue Officer)
Shares: 3,109
Form 4
Other reported transaction
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-07-09
BZAI insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Bess Lane (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
J |
Other transaction
|
2,000,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Bess Lane (Director)
Shares: 2,000,000
Form 4
Open-market sale
Insider Selling
2026-07-08
BZAI insider Cannestra Anthony (Director) sold 50,000 shares (~$67.5K)
Cannestra Anthony, listed as Director at Blaize Holdings, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 50,000 BZAI shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
50,000 |
$0.57 |
$28.5K |
S |
Open-market sale
|
50,000 |
$1.35 |
$67.5K |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Employee Stock Option (right to purchase)
|
50,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Cannestra Anthony (Director)
Shares: 50,000
Est. Value: $67.5K
Form 4
Open-market sale
Insider Selling
2026-07-06
BZAI insider Sehmi Harminder (Chief Financial Officer) sold 40,609 shares (~$55.6K)
Sehmi Harminder, listed as Chief Financial Officer at Blaize Holdings, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 40,609 BZAI shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
S |
Open-market sale
|
40,609 |
$1.37 |
$55.6K |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Sehmi Harminder (Chief Financial Officer)
Shares: 40,609
Est. Value: $55.6K
Form 4
Open-market sale
Insider Selling
2026-06-10
BZAI insider Cannestra Anthony (Director) sold 50,000 shares (~$84.0K)
Cannestra Anthony, listed as Director at Blaize Holdings, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 50,000 BZAI shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
50,000 |
$0.57 |
$28.5K |
S |
Open-market sale
|
50,000 |
$1.68 |
$84.0K |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Employee Stock Option (right to purchase)
|
50,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Cannestra Anthony (Director)
Shares: 50,000
Est. Value: $84.0K
Form 4
Option exercise
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-03
BZAI insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Evans Kimberly Peterson (General Counsel) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
75,000 |
— |
— |
F |
Tax withholding on vested shares
|
26,989 |
$1.76 |
$47.5K |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
75,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Evans Kimberly Peterson (General Counsel)
Shares: 101,989
Form 4
Open-market sale
Insider Selling
2026-06-03
BZAI insider Sehmi Harminder (Chief Financial Officer) sold 40,609 shares (~$73.9K)
Sehmi Harminder, listed as Chief Financial Officer at Blaize Holdings, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 40,609 BZAI shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
S |
Open-market sale
|
40,609 |
$1.82 |
$73.9K |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Sehmi Harminder (Chief Financial Officer)
Shares: 40,609
Est. Value: $73.9K