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?Risks
- Our rapid growth makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and increases the risk that we will not continue to grow at or near historical rates.
- We have a history of losses and may not be able to achieve our profitability targets in the future.
- We face risks associated with the growth of our business in new use cases.
- If we are unable to attract new customers, our future revenue and results of operations will be harmed.
- If we are unable to retain and expand our relationships with existing customers, our financial position and results of operations will be harmed.
- We rely heavily on direct sales to sell subscriptions to access our Connected Operations Cloud.
- The length of our sales cycle can be unpredictable, particularly with respect to sales to large customers, and our sales efforts may require considerable time and expense.
- Our ability to achieve customer renewals and increase sales of subscriptions to our solution is dependent on the quality of our customer outcomes team, and our failure to offer high quality support would have an adverse effect on our business, reputation, and results of operations.
- 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 Cloud, our margins, and our results of operations.
- Managing the supply of our IoT devices is complex. Insufficient supply and inventory may result in lost sales opportunities or delayed revenue, while excess inventory may harm our results of operations.
- We may not be able to successfully execute our strategic initiatives or meet our long-term financial goals.
- If we are not able to develop and timely introduce new technologies for our Connected Operations Cloud that achieve market acceptance, keep pace with technological developments, and meet existing and emerging regulatory requirements, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be harmed.
- If we fail to effectively manage our growth, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
- We face intense and increasing competition, and we may not be able to compete effectively, which could reduce demand for our solution and adversely affect our business, revenue growth, and market share.
- If we experience a security breach or incident affecting our customers’ assets or data, our data or IoT devices, our Data Platform, or other systems, our Connected Operations Cloud may be perceived as not being secure or safe, our reputation may be harmed, and our business could be materially and adversely affected.
- Abuse or misuse of our internal platform controls and system tools could cause significant harm to our business and reputation.
- Business disruptions or performance problems associated with our technology and infrastructure, including interruptions, delays, or failures in service from our third-party data center hosting facilities and other third-party services, could adversely affect our results of operations.
- We rely on third-party software for certain essential financial and operational services, and a failure or disruption in these services could materially and adversely affect our ability to manage our business effectively.
- If we fail to adapt and respond effectively to rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changing regulations, or changing customer needs, requirements or preferences, our Connected Operations Cloud may become less competitive.
- Our Connected Operations Cloud relies on cellular and GPS networks and any disruption, failure, or increase in costs of these networks could adversely affect the functionality of our solution and impede our profitability and harm our results of operations.
- If we do not develop IoT devices that are compatible with third-party hardware, software, and infrastructure, including the many evolving wireless industry standards, our ability to introduce and sell new subscriptions to access our Connected Operations Cloud could suffer.
- The competitive position of our Connected Operations Cloud depends in part on its ability to operate with a wide variety of data sources and infrastructure, and if we are not successful in maintaining and expanding the compatibility of our solution with such data sources and infrastructure, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely impacted.
- Our ability to grow our business is dependent in part on strategic relationships we develop and maintain with third parties.
- We may not be able to maintain and expand our business if we are not able to hire, retain, and manage qualified personnel, and in particular, our key personnel.
- If we cannot maintain our company culture, our success and our business and competitive position may be harmed, and our attempts to operate under a flexible work model may not be successful and may adversely impact our business.
- If we are not able to maintain and enhance our brand, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be harmed.
- Issues and uncertainty in the development, deployment, and use of AI in our solution and by our customers may subject us to liability and may harm our reputation and operating results.
- We typically provide service-level commitments under our subscription agreements. If we fail to meet these contractual commitments, we could be obligated to provide credits for future service or face subscription termination with refunds of prepaid amounts, which would lower our revenue and harm our reputation, business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- A real or perceived defect, security vulnerability, error, or performance failure in our Connected Operations Cloud could cause us to lose revenue, damage our reputation, and expose us to liability, and our product liability insurance may not adequately protect us.
- Challenges in implementation or incorrect use of, or failure to update, our solution could result in customer dissatisfaction and negatively affect our business and growth prospects.
- We may be subject to product liability, warranty and recall claims that may increase the costs of doing business and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Our current operations are international in scope, and we plan further geographic expansion, creating a variety of operational challenges.
- Failure to identify and protect our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights could substantially harm our business and results of operations.
- There can be no assurance that our patents are enforceable or otherwise will be upheld as valid, or that our patent applications will be granted.
- Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately protect our intellectual property rights and proprietary technology or prevent the disclosure of trade secrets.
- We may become subject to additional intellectual property disputes, which are costly and may subject us to significant liability and increased costs of doing business.
- Our exposure to risks associated with the use of intellectual property may be increased as a result of any future acquisitions we may complete.
- Our use of open source software could negatively affect our ability to sell subscriptions to our Connected Operations Cloud and subject us to possible litigation.
- Indemnity provisions in various agreements potentially expose us to substantial liability for intellectual property infringement, misappropriation, violation, and other losses.
- We rely on the availability of licenses to third-party technology that may be difficult to replace or that may cause errors or delay implementation of our solution should we not be able to continue or obtain a commercially reasonable license to such technology.
- Federal and other governments and independent standards organizations have implemented and may implement in the future significant regulations or standards that could adversely affect our ability to produce, market, or sell subscriptions to our solution.
- Reductions in regulation of our customers’ physical operations may adversely impact demand for our solution by reducing the necessity for, or desirability of, certain of our Applications.
- Failure to comply with laws and regulations applicable to our business could subject us to fines and penalties and could also cause us to lose customers or otherwise harm our business.
- We are subject to stringent and changing laws, regulations, standards, and contractual obligations related to privacy, data protection, and data security. Any actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could harm our business.
- Failure to comply with anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws, including the FCPA and similar laws associated with our activities outside of the United States, could subject us to penalties and other adverse consequences.
- A portion of our revenue is generated by sales to government entities, which are subject to a number of challenges and risks.
- Failure to comply with laws, regulations, policies, or contractual provisions applicable to our business could cause us to lose government customers or our ability to contract with the U.S. and other governments.
- We are required to comply with governmental export control, economic sanctions and import laws and regulations. Our failure to comply with these laws and regulations could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Our failure to comply with the requirements of applicable environmental legislation and regulation could have a material adverse effect on our revenue and profitability.
- Regulations related to conflict minerals may cause us to incur additional expenses and could limit the supply and increase the costs of certain metals used in the manufacturing of our products.
- We may face fines, penalties, or other costs, either directly or vicariously, if any of our partners, resellers, contractors, vendors, or other third parties fail to adhere to their compliance obligations under our policies and applicable law.
- Our results of operations and our business metrics have fluctuated and are likely to fluctuate significantly in future periods and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business, which makes our future results difficult to predict and could cause our results of operations to fall below expectations.
- Seasonality may cause fluctuations in our results of operations and financial position.
- If we are unable to achieve and sustain a level of liquidity sufficient to support our operations and fulfill our obligations, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.
- We may require additional capital to fund our business and support our growth, and any inability to generate or obtain such capital may adversely affect our business and financial condition.
- Our business is exposed to risks related to third-party financing of our customers’ subscriptions to our Connected Operations Cloud.
- Changes in our subscription or pricing models could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- We recognize certain revenue streams over the term of our subscription contracts. Consequently, downturns in new sales may not be immediately reflected in our results of operations and may be difficult to discern.
- Unanticipated changes in effective tax rates or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income or other tax returns could expose us to greater than anticipated tax liabilities.
- Our international operations may subject us to potential adverse tax consequences.
- If currency exchange rates fluctuate substantially in the future, the results of our operations, which are reported in U.S. dollars, could be adversely affected.
- Our marketable debt securities portfolio is subject to credit, liquidity, market, and interest rate risks that could cause its value to decline and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
- We could be required to collect additional sales, use, value added, digital services, or other similar taxes or be subject to other liabilities that may increase the costs our customers would have to pay for our Applications and adversely affect our results of operations.
- Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.
- If our judgments or estimates relating to our critical accounting policies are based on assumptions that change or prove to be incorrect, our results of operations could fall below expectations of securities analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in our stock price.
- Sales or distributions of substantial amounts of our Class A common stock in the public markets, or the perception that they might occur, could cause the market price of our Class A common stock to decline.
- Our stock price may be volatile and may decline significantly and rapidly regardless of our operating performance, resulting in substantial losses for investors.
- The multi-class structure of our common stock has the effect of concentrating voting control with those stockholders who held our capital stock prior to the completion of our IPO.
- Our multi-class structure may negatively affect the decision by certain institutional investors to purchase or hold shares of our Class A common stock.
- An active and liquid market for our Class A common stock may not be sustained, which may make it difficult for investors to sell the Class A common stock they purchase.
- Our issuance of additional capital stock in connection with financings, acquisitions, investments, our equity incentive plans or otherwise will dilute all other stockholders.
- If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or publish negative reports about our business, our share price and trading volume could decline.
- We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
- The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention, and affect our ability to attract and retain executive management and qualified board members.
- If we fail to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired.
- Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law may prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to change our management or hinder efforts to acquire a controlling interest in us, and the market price of our Class A common stock may be lower as a result.
- Our business could be impacted as a result of actions by activist shareholders or others.
- Our amended and restated bylaws designate a state or federal court located within the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to choose the judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.
- Our business may be materially and adversely impacted by U.S. and global market, political, and economic conditions, including elevated inflation rates.
- Our estimates of market opportunity and forecasts of market growth may prove to be inaccurate.
- A heightened focus on evolving environmental, social, and governance issues by shareholders, customers, regulators, and other stakeholders may impose additional risks and costs on our business.
- Acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships, or alliances could be difficult to identify, pose integration challenges, divert the attention of management, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value, and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
- Litigation could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
- We may be adversely affected by natural disasters and other catastrophic events, and by man-made problems such as terrorism, that could disrupt our business and adversely affect results of operations, and our business continuity and disaster recovery plans may not adequately protect us from a serious disaster.
Management Discussion
- Revenue increased by $284.8 million, or 44%, for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 compared to the fiscal year ended January 28, 2023, primarily due to an increase in customer count and increased purchases of our subscription offerings, including subscriptions to additional Applications, by existing customers, as well as due to an extra week in our fiscal year 2024.
- Cost of revenue increased by $64.4 million, or 35%, for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 compared to the fiscal year ended January 28, 2023, primarily due to $32.4 million of increased amortization of deferred IoT device costs, $14.8 million of increased employee-related costs, which included an $11.2 million increase in salaries and benefits and related employer taxes and a $3.6 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, $8.3 million of increased infrastructure costs associated with our product offerings, $4.0 million of increased warranty costs, and $3.3 million of increased operational costs to support the growth of our subscription offerings. The increases in amortization of deferred IoT device costs and infrastructure costs were primarily due to increased sales volume year-over-year. The increase in cost of revenue was also due to an extra week in our fiscal year 2024.
- Our gross margin increased to 74% for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 compared to 72% for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2023, mainly due to operational efficiencies in infrastructure costs.