Samsara enters 'the age of intelligence' - why its new hardware, network-powered safety features and AI operations matter

At Samsara's annual Beyond conference in San Diego this week, CEO Sanjit Biswas announced "the age of intelligence" for the vendor's customers - where the operational data flowing through its platform is going to be used at scale to introduce new AI-powered features and tools that utilize anonymized data from across the Samsara Network.

The announcements mark an evolution for the company, which has spent the past decade building what it describes as the "Connected Operations Platform" for organizations that depend on physical operations. In short, Samsara has targeted industries where pen-and-paper processes and manual workflows have persisted - sectors that Biswas has previously noted "didn't have to squint" to see Return on Investment (ROI) from connected operations technology.

Since its founding, Samsara has positioned itself as addressing a market that had been largely ignored by enterprise technology providers. Organizations managing fleets, construction sites, manufacturing facilities, and field services ...