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Dylan Becker

William Blair · covers Technology, Industrials, Healthcare

Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q3 (8 quarters).

Questions
27on tracked calls
Challenge rate
0%none of 27 questions
Companies
4questioned at least once
Reporting periods
8with questions

These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.

How to read these numbers

Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.

Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.

No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.

Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.

Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.

Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.

Questions asked

Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.

Showing 27 of 27 questions from 4 companies

IOTSamsara Inc.9 questions · 8 reporting periods · 0 of 9 challenging
IOT company page →

Calendar 2026 Q3

what's enabling you to sustain and not only sustain, really accelerate the momentum from a revenue, net new ARR

Revenue GrowthDemandTranscript · FY2027 Q2 →
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Sanjit credited strong product-market fit with large enterprises digitally transforming complex physical operations. Direct.

Calendar 2026 Q2

I was just curious to get your thoughts on maybe how you plan to price and monetize agentic capabilities over time.

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Sanjit said Samsara is experimenting with pricing for operational AI, SKU-based for waste intelligence, a data-product model for ground intelligence, and agents in beta.

Calendar 2026 Q1

How should we think about the impact to the business' international expansion plans?

MacroeconomicGeographic ExpansionTranscript · FY2026 Q4 →
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Sanjit answered directly: focus stays on large, ready-to-digitize North America and Western Europe markets.

if you could speak to how all of these things really allow you to accelerate the time to value with customers

Product LaunchDemandTranscript · FY2026 Q4 →
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Sanjit answered directly: platform expansion widens value areas; customers already realize ROI within a year (8x ROI cited).

Calendar 2025 Q4

maybe if you could kind of double click on what that continues to unlock, how we should think about

DemandRevenue GrowthTranscript · FY2026 Q3 →
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Sanjit said most public-sector physical operations sit at the state and local level, where customers share win stories, building momentum; it is a SLED, not Fed, opportunity.

Calendar 2025 Q3

if we look at the outperformance on the revenue line, kind of a notable step up here

Revenue GrowthGuidance ReliabilityTranscript · FY2026 Q2 →
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Dominic cited an unchanged conservative guidance philosophy plus bookings linearity from Q1 deals closing early in Q2, a dynamic not recurring into Q3.

Calendar 2025 Q2

how you think about maybe in a tightening macro, kind of the growing importance with fewer excess assets out there

DemandSupply ChainTranscript · FY2026 Q1 →
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Sanjit agreed customers facing pricier procurement and changing lead times are driving up utilization and extending asset lifespan, which Samsara enables.

Calendar 2025 Q1

how you're thinking about kind of the network density benefit and your opportunity to go and capture kind of more assets

Innovation & R&DDemandTranscript · FY2025 Q4 →
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Sanjit said data density aids new-product coverage and operational visibility; still low-double-digit penetrated with a decades-long runway to go broader and deeper.

Calendar 2024 Q4

how much of that is further brand awareness kind of driving and building out

Geographic ExpansionCompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2025 Q3 →
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Sanjit said international market share is still low single digits with growing awareness and more market-specific features, but remains early.

VEEVVeeva Systems Inc.8 questions · 5 reporting periods · 0 of 8 challenging
VEEV company page →

Calendar 2026 Q3

being able to do more with the same, kind of, amount of your existing resources

MarginInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2027 Q2 →
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Peter said faster, more accurate implementations make the applications more valuable and predicted a renaissance for tech-enabled specialized services.

Calendar 2026 Q1

any kind of color on what you're seeing with traction and adoption of kind of bundling more services and software

Revenue GrowthDemandTranscript · FY2026 Q4 →
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Peter explained CROs would OEM Veeva technology for their biotech customers. A big study could be $500K-$1M in technology. Three major study-by-study products: EDC, RTSM, and eCOA. Not new products but a new go-to-market focus and operating model.

I wonder how you kind of delineate between those and how you think about your ability serving kind of the end-to-end workflow across the industry

Cloud & AICompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2026 Q4 →
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Peter described the puzzle-piece advantage: each new Veeva product fits with existing ones, sometimes providing unplanned synergies. Drew analogy to Microsoft desktop, customers see things fit together and value that alignment. Right to win comes from operating model and discipline.

Calendar 2025 Q4

how do you think about kind of the innovation you're delivering to the safety space and how met with receptivity from a decisioning perspective

Product LaunchCloud & AITranscript · FY2026 Q3 →
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Peter said customers are excited about safety architecture and AI overlay but very hesitant to change safety systems due to critical nature. Still in early customer phase, hoping for middle majority in a couple of years. Eight-year R&D investment creates competitive moat.

how you maybe think about the implications of that maybe driving more kind of wall-to-wall broad-based platform in the future

DemandRevenue GrowthTranscript · FY2026 Q3 →
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Peter described Veeva as building an industry cloud with three integrated capabilities: software, data, and consulting. Customers prefer Veeva as general contractor over 100 different vendors. Unique approach no other vendor has tried.

Calendar 2025 Q3

how kind of the evidence of that live and successful implementation is resonating with customers

Product LaunchCompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2026 Q2 →
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Paul revealed nine top 20 committed (seven public + two verbal) vs Salesforce at three. Veeva wins become near-certainties; Salesforce wins require years of custom work with low completion probability. All three Salesforce wins have Veeva as contingency plan.

how you're kind of thinking about Veeva Systems Inc.'s platform approach, the network you've built, the scale you've built, giving you kind of that right to win

Cloud & AICompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2026 Q2 →
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Peter described structural advantage of ~50 deep applications on one platform. AI agents embedded in user workflow like Google has advantage in email AI. MCP enables cross-vendor agent interoperability.

Calendar 2025 Q1

how much that is kind of driving this appetite and interest, obviously, in the platform as well, too, with there's clarity kind of on the product roadmap

Product LaunchInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2025 Q4 →
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Paul highlighted Service Center, Campaign Manager, and patient CRM as uniquely enabling customer centricity in one database for the first time in life sciences.

ROPRoper Technologies7 questions · 4 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
ROP company page →

Calendar 2026 Q2

why customers would buy from you versus somebody else with an agent as you are kind of that workflow orchestration layer?

Competitive DynamicsCloud & AITranscript · FY2026 Q2 →
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Neil cited system-of-record position, data, workflow depth, regulated-market trust, network effects and distribution as the moat.

Calendar 2026 Q1

maybe kind of just give us a broader sense of how the start of the year kind of layers in conviction

Revenue GrowthGuidance ReliabilityTranscript · FY2026 Q1 →
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Jason said strong start but only one quarter in. Q2 AS nonrecurring slightly more impacted, TEP comping high watermark. Second half improves with SubSplash and CentralReach turning organic plus easing AS comps. All blends into holding 5-6% range.

how the platform positioning and embeddability of agents maybe layers in kind of incremental confidence in that right to win around agents?

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Neil described three monetization paths: consumption-based for businesses like SoftWriters and Convoy where customer unit economics are consumption-driven, subscription plus overage for broader portfolio to balance adoption with budget predictability, and AI features embedded in cloud to pull conversions. Jason added CentralReach is furthest along, pricing AI per learner.

Calendar 2025 Q4

just kind of think about kind of the mix between capital deployments between bolt-on and platform if you can

M&ACapital AllocationTranscript · FY2025 Q4 →
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Neil ranked bolt-ons first for organic growth advancement plus back-office synergy. Noted 60% of bolt-on pipeline is proprietary/founder-driven, completely new motion. Platform side has enormous pipeline with high-quality assets but valuation is the open question.

How do you think about kind of that trade-off in those long-term economics?

Cloud & AIRevenue GrowthTranscript · FY2025 Q4 →
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Jason explained Deltek putting AI functionality into cloud product is driving conversion consideration. Neil added no pronounced J-curve expected because on-prem base converts at 2-3x recurring, offsetting net new perpetual-to-recurring conversions.

Calendar 2025 Q2

Can you kind of just give us a general breakdown of again, the emphasis that your customers are kind of focusing on around productivity

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Neil cited high teens bookings as evidence of healthy end markets. Emphasized less macro-sensitive verticals (education, legal, insurance, healthcare) and unprecedented AI opportunity.

can you just kind of give us a broader overview. You have a lot of value across the network and platform. You're driving incremental adoption

Revenue GrowthCompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Neil explained payments opportunity is software-led across ProCare, Subsplash, and Transact. Emphasized it's coincidental, not thematic. ALCO is different, AI-native factoring for carriers.

UUnity Software Inc.3 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 3 challenging
U company page →

Calendar 2026 Q2

how much of that is initiatives that are already ramping and scaling and seeing success

Revenue GrowthInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2026 Q2 →
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Management pointed to revenue as the direct output of product, data and model quality; direct.

Calendar 2025 Q4

you're going to exit fiscal '26 at $1 billion plus run rate within Vector.

Revenue GrowthDemandTranscript · FY2025 Q4 →
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Management confirmed the framing and noted ex-ironSource Grow grew double digits sequentially; direct.

Calendar 2025 Q2

how your view on kind of like the strategic importance of the Create platform evolves around kind of the proliferation of content

Innovation & R&DCompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Management described AI as central to both Create and Grow via the platform's data; direct.

Challenge rate by company

Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.

CompanyQuestionsChallenge rate
IOT Samsara Inc.90%none of 9 questions
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc.80%none of 8 questions
ROP Roper Technologies70%none of 7 questions
U Unity Software Inc.30%none of 3 questions
  • IOT
    Samsara Inc. · 9 questions
    0%none of 9 questions
  • VEEV
    Veeva Systems Inc. · 8 questions
    0%none of 8 questions
  • ROP
    Roper Technologies · 7 questions
    0%none of 7 questions
  • U
    Unity Software Inc. · 3 questions
    0%none of 3 questions

Activity by reporting period

Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.

Questions by calendar reporting period
Calendar periodQuestionsChallenge rateCompanies
2024 Q410%none of 1 question1
2025 Q120%none of 2 questions2
2025 Q240%none of 4 questions3
2025 Q330%none of 3 questions2
2025 Q460%none of 6 questions4
2026 Q160%none of 6 questions3
2026 Q230%none of 3 questions3
2026 Q320%none of 2 questions2
  1. 2024 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
  2. 2025 Q12 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
  3. 2025 Q24 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 3 companies
  4. 2025 Q33 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 2 companies
  5. 2025 Q46 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 6 questions) · 4 companies
  6. 2026 Q16 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 6 questions) · 3 companies
  7. 2026 Q23 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 3 companies
  8. 2026 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies

Topics

Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.

  • Revenue Growth10
  • Demand9
  • Cloud & AI8
  • Competitive Dynamics7
  • Innovation & R&D5
  • Product Launch4
  • Pricing2
  • Geographic Expansion2
  • Guidance Reliability2
  • Margin1
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  • Macroeconomic1
  • Supply Chain1
  • M&A1
  • Capital Allocation1