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Updated Aug 5, 2026
Samsara, Inc. (NYSE: IOT) is a public software and IoT company that digitizes the physical economy. Its mission is to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of operations using connected hardware, cloud software, analytics, and AI.
Primary product
Connected Operations Platform (formerly Connected Operations Cloud): an integrated platform spanning fleet telematics/GPS, AI dash cameras and safety, equipment and asset monitoring, routing/navigation, maintenance, workflows, compliance, reporting, APIs, and AI agents.
Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States (1 De Haro Street).
Team size
4,100+ full-time employees as of January 31, 2026; third-party estimates place worldwide headcount around 4,200 in March 2026.
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software / Information Technology
Sub-industry
Fleet management, industrial IoT, connected operations, telematics, and operational AI
Offices
Business model
Stage
Public company; IPO completed December 2021
Total raised
$2B
Latest round
Post-IPO equity / public offering · Dec 2021
Latest amount
$805M
Dec 2021
May 2020 · AllianceBernstein, General Atlantic, Warburg Pincus, Franklin Templeton, and Sands Capital
Sep 2019 · Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group
Dec 2018 · Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst
Mar 2018 · Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst
Jun 2017 · General Catalyst
Dec 2016 · Andreessen Horowitz
May 2015 · Andreessen Horowitz
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
CTO & Co-Founder
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
CTO, Hardware & Operations
Chief Administrative Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Operating Officer
EVP and Chief Product Officer
Chief Information Officer
Chief Accounting Officer
Mission-driven, customer- and operator-centric culture focused on measurable safety, efficiency, and sustainability outcomes. Engineering materials emphasize ownership, growth mindset, feedback, continuous learning, developer velocity, and solving difficult real-world hardware, data, AI, and distributed-systems problems.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Job postings describe above-market total compensation combining base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity/RSUs, with differentiated rewards for top performers. Public H-1B disclosure aggregators report certified Samsara LCAs and a median base salary around $132,776 through FY2026; sponsorship is role- and location-dependent.
Benefits
Pricing
Primarily subscription pricing per asset, per application, generally sold through a demo/quote-led enterprise model; selected newer products may use consumption pricing.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1.6B-$1.7B annual revenue; FY2026 reported revenue was $1.6186B. ARR was nearly $2B in Q1 FY27, but ARR is not revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
7.5M
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
FY26 annual report disclosed $1.619B accumulated deficit as of January 31, 2026, although FY26 revenue was $1.619B and the company reported improving profitability; this is a balance-sheet/operating risk disclosure rather than a distress event.
SourceShares fell about 7.6% in one session amid broader high-multiple software rotation and investor concerns about enterprise deal pacing; reporting did not identify a company-specific announcement or guidance cut.
SourceSamsara · Jun 2026
Q1 FY27 revenue reached $479M, ARR nearly $2B growing 30% year over year, with 3,363 customers above $100K ARR and 190 above $1M.
Samsara Engineering/Product Blog · Apr 2026
Samsara expanded its developer ecosystem with SDKs, Kafka connectivity, marketplace health metrics, and Python serverless Functions.
Business Wire · Mar 2026
FY26 revenue was $1.6186B, Q4 revenue $444.3M, ending ARR $1.89B, and the company reported its second consecutive quarter of GAAP profitability.
Morningstar / Business Wire · Mar 2026
Coverage highlighted $1.9B FY26 ARR, 25T+ annual data points, expansion among large customers, and the proprietary-data/AI network-effect thesis.
Samsara Engineering Blog · Jan 2025
Engineering overview describes rugged IoT devices, C and Go firmware, AWS Kinesis, Spark/Databricks, TypeScript, React, React Native, GraphQL, and a mission- and learning-oriented culture.
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