Company: BLND
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001855747-25-000024
Chunk: 30

Company: Blend Labs, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 30
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      |     | $ | 2,467,000 |     | $ | 2,083,152 |
| Audit-Related Fees |     |   |         — |     |   |         — |
| Tax Fees(2)        |     |   |         — |     |   |    15,909 |
| All Other Fees(3)  |     |   |     2,000 |     |   |     2,900 |
| Total Fees         |     | $ | 2,469,000 |     | $ | 2,101,961 |

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(1) “Audit Fees” consist of fees billed for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements, reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements and related accounting consultations and services that are normally provided by the independent registered public accountants in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years. 2023 fees increased from the prior year’s disclosure by $258,406 due to invoices received subsequent to the filing of the 2024 annual meeting proxy statement that were greater than the original amount estimated.

(2) “Tax Fees” consist of fees for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

(3) “All Other Fees” consist of fees billed in connection with our subscription to a research tools offered by PwC in 2023 and 2024.

#### Auditor Independence
In 2023 and 2024, there were no other professional services provided by PwC, other than those listed above, respectively, that would have required our Audit Committee to consider their compatibility with maintaining the independence of PwC.

Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On April 5, 2023, the Audit Committee dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”), our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. EY’s audit reports on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and the subsequent interim period from January 1, 2023 through April 5, 2023, there were: (i) no “disagreements” within the meaning