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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8 Reader's Edition

New take on Amazon's tablet with a reader mode

Entertainment·Launched Jan 2016·Profile + Activity 13.5·0 upvotes·amazon.com

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LivenessActiveRankScore 13.5Last commit—SO tag heat—Press sentiment 7d—Hiring—Cohort 2016-0.0 WoW

What it is

New take on Amazon's tablet with a reader mode. [eBook Reader, Tech]

Signal score

vs category avg: +4.5

13.5-0.0 WoW

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

Updated May 2026

Distribution

strong

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8 Reader's Edition benefits significantly from the distribution advantage that Amazon has through its existing relationships and infrastructure. The device allows for seamless book downloads via the 3G network, enhancing user experience.

2 sources

→You can download a book in seconds from anywhere because Amazon signed a deal with Sprint Nextel to use Sprint’s 3G network. source
→This allows users to directly download titles to their Kindles from the internet while watching TV or standing in line at the grocery store. source

Confidence 80% · classified by firecrawl-extract

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Profile + Activity

13.5

profile only

Rank in cat

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Upvotes

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Press 30d

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Founders

Not yet researched. Weekly founder enrichment runs Sundays.

Liveness probedaily 04:30 UTC

Active · 200 OK

amazon.com · last 13:40 UTC

Probe history · 7 probes

Jun 16latest

GitHub activitydaily 04:15 UTC

No GitHub data available

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Press sentiment · 7d rollinghourly

No press mentions in the last 7 days.

Cohort survival · Class of 2016weekly

13,657 products launched in 2016 · 100% still active

13,633 active24 sunset

Still active

100%

Median lifespan

4.9y

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