Company: IOT
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-056069
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Company: Samsara Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in research and development efforts to enhance our Connected Operations Platform. Our research and development expenses have fluctuated in the past and may in the future fluctuate as a percentage of our revenue from period to period due to the timing and extent of these expenses.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs, including salaries, benefits, stock-based compensation, and sales commissions, incurred to acquire and retain new customers and increase product adoption with our existing customers. Sales and marketing expenses also include marketing activities, promotional events, and costs associated with software subscriptions and office facilities.

We plan to continue to invest in sales and marketing to expand our customers’ use of our Connected Operations Platform and increase our brand awareness. As a result, we expect our sales and marketing expenses to generally increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future. Our sales and marketing expenses have fluctuated in the past and may in the future fluctuate as a percentage of our revenue from period to period due to the timing and extent of these expenses, including seasonally higher spend on promotional events in the first half of our fiscal year.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee-related costs for executive, finance, legal, human resources, facilities, and certain IT personnel, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation. General and administrative expenses also include costs related to fees paid for professional services, including legal, accounting, recruiting and other consulting services, as well as costs associated with software subscriptions and office facilities.

We expect our general and administrative expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future to support our growth. Our general and administrative expenses have fluctuated in the past and may in the future fluctuate as a percentage of our revenue from period to period due to the timing and extent of these expenses.

Lease Modification, Impairment, and Related Charges

Lease modification, impairment, and related charges consist of impairment charges related to the sublease and abandonment of facilities.

We may incur additional lease modification, impairment, and related charges in subsequent periods.

Interest Income and Other Income, Net

Interest income and other income, net, consists primarily of income earned on our money market funds and marketable debt securities, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. It also includes the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. As we have expanded our global operations, our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currencies has increased, and we expect this to continue.

Provision for Income Taxes

Provision