--- title: Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B description: Re:Build, the manufacturing accelerator behind Slate Auto, has raised $2.1 billion. General Catalyst and JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group led the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/re-build-which-spun-out-slate-auto-raises-2-1b-ls9pckjup twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B | daily.dev og:description: Re:Build, the manufacturing accelerator behind Slate Auto, has raised $2.1 billion. General Catalyst and JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group led the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/re-build-which-spun-out-slate-auto-raises-2-1b-ls9pckjup og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ls9pCkjuP.png og:image:alt: Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Re:Build, the manufacturing accelerator behind Slate Auto, has raised $2.1 billion. General Catalyst and JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group led the round. Re:Build calls itself 'America's answer to Shenzhen' and plans to use the funds to expand manufacturing capacity and launch new industrial startups. Co-founded in 2020 by former Amazon commercial CEO Jeff Wilke, the company's network employs more than 2,100 people and houses more than 2.4 million square feet of manufacturing capacity. Its spinout Slate Auto has separately raised at least $1.4 billion, including from Jeff Bezos's family office. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much funding has Re:Build raised and who led the round? Re:Build, the manufacturing accelerator that spun out Slate Auto, raised $2.1 billion. The round was led by General Catalyst and JPMorganChase's Strategic Investment Group, with other investors undisclosed. The company plans to use the capital to expand its manufacturing capacity and launch new industrial startups in the United States. _Investors tracking industrial and hardware funding rounds follow deals like this on daily.dev._ ### How much money has Slate Auto raised separately from Re:Build? Slate Auto has raised at least $1.4 billion since being spun out of Re:Build in 2023, including funding from Jeff Bezos's family office. The startup, conceived by Re:Build co-founders Jeff Wilke and Miles Arnone in 2022, is building an ultra-low-cost, bare-bones pickup truck that can be customized by customers. _Anyone following EV startup funding rounds can keep tabs on Slate Auto's progress via daily.dev._ ### Who founded Re:Build and what is its connection to Amazon? Re:Build was founded in 2020 by Jeff Wilke, Amazon's former commercial CEO, along with co-founder Miles Arnone. Wei Gao, a longtime Amazon VP and technical adviser to Jeff Bezos, serves as Re:Build's chief digital and product officer, and multiple other executives at the company also previously worked at Amazon. _Readers mapping founder backgrounds in industrial startups can follow updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Bezos family office representative leaves Slate Auto board months before $1.4B EV startup begins production in Indiana](https://daily.dev/posts/bezos-family-office-representative-leaves-slate-auto-board-months-before-1-4b-ev-startup-begins-pro-q0spbouls) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Slate Auto changes CEO months ahead of affordable EV launch](https://daily.dev/posts/slate-auto-changes-ceo-months-ahead-of-affordable-ev-launch-6adordhse) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sequoia Capital is putting $10bn behind AI and ‘reindustrialization’](https://daily.dev/posts/sequoia-capital-is-putting-10bn-behind-ai-and-reindustrialization--e1xeyrnor) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Premium: The Hater's Guide To Blackstone](https://daily.dev/posts/premium-the-hater-s-guide-to-blackstone-29vxgjusr) · Where's Your Ed At · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#manufacturing](https://daily.dev/tags/manufacturing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/re-build-which-spun-out-slate-auto-raises-2-1b-ls9pckjup) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/re-build-which-spun-out-slate-auto-raises-2-1b-ls9pckjup","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/re-build-which-spun-out-slate-auto-raises-2-1b-ls9pckjup"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T20:36:14.727Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T21:19:25.022Z","description":"Re:Build, the manufacturing accelerator behind Slate Auto, has raised $2.1 billion. 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