Samsara builds an AI-powered connected operations platform for physical operations, covering IoT data, video-based safety, telematics and GPS tracking; listed on NYSE as IOT.
Samsara, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, builds AI-powered technology for physical operations. Its Connected Operations® Platform links people, devices and systems, allowing organisations to collect IoT data and turn it into operational insight on safety, efficiency and sustainability. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker IOT.
The product line spans video-based safety using AI-equipped dash cams, real-time GPS tracking of vehicles and assets, electronic logging devices (ELDs), telematics, maintenance monitoring and routing. The underlying platform is open and is described as running on the world's largest connected operations dataset. In engineering terms, the work covers AI and machine learning, computer vision, telematics, geolocation, data analytics and platform development.
Samsara reports processing more than 25 trillion data points a year and digitising hundreds of millions of workflows annually, serving tens of thousands of customers globally across North America, Europe and Asia. Its customers operate in construction, transportation and warehousing, field services, manufacturing, retail, logistics and the public sector.
The company was co-founded by Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket, who previously founded Meraki, acquired by Cisco for $1.2bn. Samsara states a mission of improving the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the operations that power the global economy, with a stated safety-first orientation in its product design.
