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Amazon Fire

Amazon's most affordable Fire tablet

Hardware·Launched Jan 2016·0 upvotes·amazon.com

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ALIVEverified Aug 26, 2026 · HTTP 200

CohortClass of 2016

What it is

Amazon's most affordable Fire tablet. [Tech]

HTTP liveness

17 probes since Jun 16

Jun 16Aug 26

AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub

Jun 16, 2026
First probe — live
Alive · 200 OK

Funding history

2 rounds

Total raised

$14.5B

Latest valuation

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Stage

public

Acquired

Feb 2018

investors undisclosed

$839.0M

source

Acquired

Jun 2017

investors undisclosed

$13.7B

source

Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

The article discusses the concept of business moats, but does not provide concrete evidence of a durable advantage for Amazon Fire, mentioning that temporary advantages are common and do not constitute a lasting moat.

webA business moat is a structural advantage that allows a company to create, capture, and defend economic value over many years. source
webTemporary advantage now looks astonishing for a remarkable length of time. source
webA brand can feel iconic until the next generation simply stops mentioning it. source
webThe right question is not 'do we have an advantage.' Anyone can have one of those for a year. source

weak · 0.50 confidence · grounded in 4 sources

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