Samsara Networks Inc.

Samsara Inc. (formerly Samsara Networks, Inc.) is a publicly traded operating company (NYSE: IOT) headquartered at 1 De Haro Street, San Francisco, California. It was founded in 2015 by Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket, both co-founders of Meraki. Samsara IPO'd on December 15, 2021. It employs roughly 4,100 people and reported approximately $1.62 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2026 (ending January 31, 2026), with a market capitalization in the low-$20-billion range. It is not a subsidiary; it has no listed parent.

Products / services. Samsara sells a "Connected Operations" platform combining proprietary IoT hardware (sensors, gateways, vehicle and asset cameras and telematics devices) with cloud software. Major application lines include video-based safety, vehicle telematics, mobile apps and workflows, equipment monitoring, and site visibility. Revenue is predominantly recurring subscription-based, sold per-asset and per-application, to customers in transportation and logistics, construction, field services, manufacturing, utilities and energy, and government.

Patent-litigation posture. Samsara is a pure defendant in the tracked data — 0 cases as plaintiff, 2 as defendant — the signature of an operating company targeted by patent assertion entities rather than an active litigant. Both suits were filed in the District of Delaware, a common NPE venue (neither in the Eastern District of Texas).

Notable cases. (1) Innovative Global Systems, LLC v. Samsara Networks, Inc. (D. Del., filed 2019-09-12) — IGS, a non-practicing licensor of vehicle-telematics patents (U.S. 8,032,277 and 10,157,384), asserted driver-logging/onboard-recorder claims; Samsara moved to dismiss for patent-ineligible subject matter, and the case was dismissed by stipulation in May 2020. IGS filed parallel suits against other telematics vendors. (2) Navog LLC v. Samsara Networks Inc. (D. Del., Judge Gregory B. Williams, filed 2025-03-18) — Navog, characterized in the Stanford NPE database as a non-practicing entity asserting an acquired patent (U.S. 10,593,205), filed and then voluntarily dismissed the case roughly two weeks later (closed April 3, 2025).