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Bezos is one investor of many, unfortunately, but I don't believe it's known how much say they have in the company or not.
If you think high profile investors like this stay as true silent partners and don't have deeper hooks into operations of a small startup like this, and don't have teams that get regular consultations on meaningful future decisions, than I'd like you to please invest in my campaign for local dogcatcher. I need 7 million and then you leave me alone to work, because I don't owe you anything.
I think they absolutely can have deep hooks, but how much sway those hooks have somewhat depends on how much stake they own in the company, which AFAIK is undisclosed.
Slate Auto is ultimately a standard corporation so I trust them about as far as I can throw them, which is why I framed the point on privacy in the post body as if they follow through.
It is entirely possible that the privacy aspect is purely a pre-release marketing thing, and at the point of release the story suddenly changes and a modem is integrated.