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William Barker

Co-Founder

About

William Barker is a co-founder of Slate Auto, the Michigan-based EV startup he helped launch out of Re:Build Manufacturing in 2022. He is part of the leadership team at Re:Build Manufacturing alongside fellow Slate co-founders Miles Arnone and Jeff Wilke and was involved in the original Re:Car project that became Slate. The company emerged from stealth in 2025 and has raised more than $700 million, including a $650 million round led by Bezos, to bring an under-$25,000 customizable electric pickup truck to market.

Previous roles

  • Re:Build Manufacturing

Notable work

  • Co-founded Re:Build Manufacturing, an integrated U.S. design, engineering, and scalable-manufacturing platform
  • Co-founded and incubated Slate Auto inside Re:Build around a radically simple, modular electric vehicle platform
  • Built Camelot Partners around long-term active ownership and operational partnership in durable businesses

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