Samsara Inc.

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Our dependence on a limited number of joint design manufacturers and suppliers of manufacturing services and critical components within our supply chain for our IoT devices may adversely affect our ability to sell subscriptions to our Connected Operations Platform, our margins, and our results of operations.

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Our IoT devices are made using a primarily outsourced manufacturing business model that utilizes joint design manufacturers. We depend on a limited number of joint design manufacturers, and in some instances, a single joint design manufacturer, to allocate sufficient manufacturing capacity to meet our needs, to produce IoT devices, or components thereof, of acceptable quality at acceptable yields, and to deliver those devices or components to us on a timely basis. We are subject to the risk of shortages and long lead times in the supply of these devices and components. In addition, the lead times associated with certain components are lengthy and preclude rapid changes in quantities and delivery schedules. We have in the past experienced and may in the future experience component shortages, and the availability of these components may be unpredictable. For example, over the last several fiscal years, there was an ongoing global silicon component shortage, which resulted in increases in the cost of devices and components and delays in shipments of goods across many industries, including components used in our IoT devices. Global transportation and freight networks were also strained as a result of global health crises, geopolitical conflicts, labor disputes, and other factors, which has caused freight shipping costs and lead times to increase. Increases in the cost of devices or components, or freight to transport those items, could negatively impact our results of operations.

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Our manufacturers and suppliers will continue to face the risk of temporary or permanent disruptions in their manufacturing operations due to equipment breakdowns, labor strikes or shortages, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and resulting lockdowns, energy crises and power outages, geopolitical disputes (such as ongoing conflicts between China and other countries), civil unrest, hostilities or wars (such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East), component or material shortages, cost increases, trade policies, tariffs, acquisitions, insolvency, changes in legal or regulatory requirements, or other similar problems. Our manufacturers, suppliers, and sub-tier suppliers have a large presence in China and Taiwan. Any increase in tensions between China and Taiwan, including threats of military actions or escalation of military activities, could adversely affect our suppliers’ and joint design manufacturers’ operations in Taiwan and secondary locations in Asia. Although we have extended our supply orders to the latest quoted lead times and have in the past made preemptive spot purchases to build out our inventory, we cannot guarantee that we will have sufficient inventory for our needs or that future disruptions to our supply of IoT devices or materials will not occur. Any delay in the shipment of IoT devices or any other necessary materials delays our ability to recognize revenue for subscriptions purchased by our customers.

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In addition, some of our suppliers, joint design manufacturers, and logistics providers may have more established relationships with larger-volume device manufacturers, and as a result of such relationships, such suppliers may choose to limit or terminate their relationship with us. Developing suitable alternate sources of supply for these devices and components may be time-consuming, difficult, and costly, and we may not be able to source these devices and components on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, which may adversely affect our ability to meet our requirements or provide our customers with needed IoT devices in a timely or cost-effective manner. Because our customers often must install IoT devices before being able to fully utilize our Connected Operations Platform, any interruption or delay in the supply of any of these devices or components, or the inability to obtain these devices or components from alternate sources at acceptable prices and within a reasonable amount of time, would harm our ability to onboard new customers.

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Evolving trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs and other trade barriers by the United States and other countries, can have the effect of increasing production costs and creating disruptions and delays in supply chains. We expect that the occurrence of these developments in regions where we operate, such as North America and Europe, would likely increase the cost of our devices, disrupt supply chain logistics, and affect our ability to efficiently transport, store, and deliver our IoT devices to customers, which could negatively impact our revenue growth and operating margins. Our efforts to optimize our supply chain and manufacturing practices in light of evolving trade policies, component, production, and transportation costs, and other factors can be expensive, time-consuming, and disruptive to our business and results of operations and may not result in their intended consequences.

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Our business may be materially and adversely impacted by U.S. and global market, political, and economic conditions, including elevated inflation rates and evolving trade policies.

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We generate our revenue from selling subscriptions to our Connected Operations Platform to industries that depend on physical operations. These industries include transportation, construction, wholesale and retail trade, field services, logistics, manufacturing, utilities and energy, government, healthcare and education, food and beverage, and others. Given the concentration of our business activities in these industries and their susceptibility to disruption in times of economic uncertainty, we will be particularly exposed to macroeconomic pressures and downturns. U.S. and global market and economic conditions have been, and continue to be, disrupted and volatile due to many factors, including evolving global trade policies (including the imposition of, and threatened imposition of, tariffs and other trade barriers by the United States and other countries), financial distress caused by bank failures, potential shutdowns of the United States federal government, component shortages and related supply chain challenges, geopolitical developments (such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East, and geopolitical tensions involving China), elevated inflation rates and the responses by central banking authorities to control such inflation, public health crises, and other changes in legislation, regulations, enforcement priorities, or other economic and monetary policies of the governments in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Other general business and economic conditions that could affect us and our customers include fluctuations in economic growth, liquidity of the global financial markets, foreign currency fluctuations, the availability and cost of credit, investor and consumer confidence, and the strength of the economies in which we and our customers operate.

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This economic uncertainty and the associated macroeconomic conditions make it extremely difficult for businesses to accurately forecast and plan future business activities, and have caused and may continue to cause businesses to cease or slow spending on IT products, which has also caused, and could continue to cause, delays in and lengthening of sales cycles. Furthermore, during uncertain economic times, our potential and existing customers have faced issues gaining timely access to sufficient credit on acceptable terms, which has from time to time resulted in, and in the future may result in an impairment of their willingness to purchase subscriptions to our solution or their ability to make timely payments to us. As a result, operational challenges and these volatile economic conditions have presented and may in the future present difficulties in our ability to timely collect accounts receivables from our customers due to their deteriorating financial condition. In addition, our existing customers may be acquired by or merged into other entities that use our competitors’ products, they may decide to terminate their relationships with us for other reasons, or they may declare bankruptcy or otherwise go out of business. It is challenging and in most cases impossible for us to anticipate the occurrence of these events, each of which would have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Additionally, competitors may respond to challenging market conditions by lowering prices and attempting to lure away our customers, which could adversely affect our business.

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We have limited experience operating our business at the current scale under economic conditions characterized by high inflation or in a recessionary or uncertain economic environment. We cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown or any subsequent recovery generally, or any industry in particular. If the conditions in the general economy and the markets in which we operate worsen from present levels, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.