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Newton Howard

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Smart Money Rating: 74 out of 100

Co-Founder, Aurora Forge LLC (Venture Studio), Aurora Forge

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Aurora Forge
Title
Co-Founder, Aurora Forge LLC (Venture Studio)
Role
Cofounder
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Record updated 19 September 2026

About

Dr. Newton Howard’s career spans academia, the U.S. military, and the private sector. A prolific scientific author and inventor, he is highly skilled in moving research from the lab to military and commercial applications, including technology you may use daily such as Wi-Fi hotspots, Skype, Google Earth and Google Translate. A former government scientist, Dr. Howard was the Founder of The Mind Machine Project and the Director of the Synthetic Intelligence Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently a Professor at the University of Oxford and at Georgetown University.

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