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Kindle Scout

Amazon’s Crowdsourced Publishing Platform [Tech]

Entertainment·Launched Oct 2014·0 upvotes·amazon.com

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ALIVEverified Aug 19, 2026 · HTTP 202

CohortClass of 2014

What it is

Amazon’s Crowdsourced Publishing Platform [Tech]

HTTP liveness

16 probes since Jun 16

Jun 16Aug 19

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

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub

Jul 18, 2026
Back online
Alive · 200 OK
Jul 12, 2026
Probe inconclusive
Timeout
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

Accumulates user-generated content.

weak · 0.80 confidence

Text classification · Jul 2026

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