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Chief Software Architect · Blaize Holdings, Inc. (BZAI)

Val Cook

In 2024, Val Cook, Chief Software Architect at Blaize Holdings, Inc., received total compensation of $1179308, consisting of a base salary of $397570 and stock-based compensation of $781714, with no cash bonus disclosed.

A named executive officer of Blaize in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2024. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2024

$1,179,308

FY2023: $701,749

3rd of 4 named executive officers at Blaize by FY2024 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 20, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Val Cook compensation by year

Blaize Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Blaize reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024
Salary$225,000$397,570
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$0$0
Option awards$476,724$781,714
Non-equity incentive$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$25$24
Total$701,749$1,179,308

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Blaize Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed October 20, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-243771, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Blaize Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-25-243771. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 20, 2025.

$702K
$1.2M
FY23
FY24
SalaryOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option1,112,814—$0.44
Option1,517,044—$0.92

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Blaize Holdings, Inc.'s FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Blaize’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Dinakar MunagalaChief Executive Officer$4,394,285
Harminder SehmiChief Financial Officer$1,402,792
Val Cook · this pageChief Software Architect$1,179,308
Santiago Fernandez-GomezVice President of Platform Engineering$1,178,758

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