ENTITY · sandisk
SanDiskSNDK
United States·nand·major
NAND and SSD maker spun out of Western Digital in 2025.
CLEAR · 0–39
32/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis
CLEAR — SanDisk: sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance compounded by criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs in nand. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.
Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration18
Sole-Source Dependence62
Sanctions Exposure0
Downstream Criticality57
Sanctions Exposure
Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).
DoD Exposure
No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
- Scale AI · 3 hops · $105.6MSanDisk → Dell Technologies → CoreWeave → Scale AI
Possible substitutes · same commodity buckets
Chokepoint Relationships
Key Suppliers · upstream · 1
- Kioxia HoldingsJapanALLIED
Key Customers · downstream · 5
- Kingston TechnologyUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Dell TechnologiesUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Super Micro ComputerUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- AppleUnited StatesDOMESTIC