Chris Howard
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Founder & CEO of @Softeq, Founding GP & VC @Softeq Ventures, lifelong entrepreneur, startup mentor, family man, geek, and host of the Forging the Future podcast
Houston, TX
Joined February 2009
📷 Honored to be a finalist for the Houston Innovation Awards Investor of the Year! Thrilled to share the category with @carriecolbert, @JulianaGaraizar, @nealdikeman, & @sjolewis. Let's keep pushing boundaries, Houston! . #InnovationAwards #HoustonStartups @InnoMapHou
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On July 20th, we landed on the moon…an amazing feat that hasn’t been duplicated for over 50 years now. That’s today! Neil Armstrong made the first footprint on another planet. Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon. 🌖 My wife Jill and I got to meet Buzz and two other
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Happy World UFO Day! We took the grandkids to Space Center Houston today (Jill’s pics to follow! 🥰). Coincidentally our NASA visit and my shirt were on point for today. 🤓👽🛸🧑🚀🚀🪐
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This is an important distinction…we are NOT in a CLEAN ENERGY Race…we are in an ENERGY Race. And good news…nuclear is the cleanest out there.
Senator Wyden:. " We are in an arms race on clean energy with them. Are you going to be on the side of people who want to unravel this?". Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent:. " China will build a hundred new coal plants this year. Senator Wyden. There is not a clean energy
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Gadgets AND Lunch?? What could be better? 😆🤖🦾.
Team Softeq is excited to participate in #ArduinoDays for the first time as an official @Arduino partner!. #ArduinoDays2025 #Arduino #LunchAndLearn #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Robotics #Prototyping #OpenSource
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So interesting this is Schumer and the Democratic Party from 15 years ago on how we need to cut the 30% of fraud and waste out of Medicare. Why aren’t they onboard now, instead of screaming about “DOGE cutting your Medicare” (which it isn’t). As he says, we should be able to come.
@SpeakerJohnson The only thing that will be cut is the fraud. OMB report . except NOW these issues are being addressed. Medicare sent $2.7 trillion overseas to people that weren't eligible.SS $100 billion/yr to people with no identity. Here is Sen Schumer 30 percent fraud
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So wild to see this company grow from the spark of an idea in a home office to a worldwide team of talented Teqies. Cheers!.
What’s a milestone without a little celebration? 🎂🥳 Our teams in Houston, Mexico, Vilnius, and Germany marked our 28th anniversary in style! While this is just a small part of our global crew, we’re all connected by our passion for pushing tech boundaries. Cheers to 28 years!
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Time flies when you’re innovating and having fun!.
🎉 28 years of innovation, engineering excellence, and delivering on our promises!. Huge thanks to our clients, partners, and team—here’s to the next chapter! 🚀. #28YearsOfInnovation #WeDeliver #TechForGood #EngineeringExcellence
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Crazy the pace we are on with AI and Robotics…wow.
Significant progress in AI and Robotics this week. So, I summarized everything from Nvidia, OpenAI, ByteDance, Google, Figure, Mistral, Replit, Borg, Apple, Meta, and more. Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:.
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Got this for Christmas and it’s amazing. 🤩.
“To infinity and beyond”🚀 .Announcing the world's first "living" Buzz Lightyear robot, officially licensed by Disney/Pixar, and developed over the past 3 years - Robosen brings one of the most beloved franchises to life for all Toy Story fans.✨ Available now—REAL LIFE REAL
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Wow, ONE HUNDRED EPISODES. 🤯. One Hundred 💯 conversations with really interesting people who are actively forging the future. I’ve been really looking forward to this conversation with Rod Canion, Houston legend, co-founder and first CEO of Compaq, for a long time. It didn’t
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Happy Thanksgiving! Warm wishes to all of you celebrating today with your friends and family. And remember, no politics! .😁 🦃 🍽️
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Shout out on Veteran’s Day to my Grampa, Jack W. Smith, who served in the Navy during WWII. Along with a big thanks to my many uncles, cousins, family, friends, and our son Corey for your service to our country. 🫡🙏🇺🇸
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At Venture Dallas reception tonight and all day tomorrow. You can tell by the longhorns! 🤠. #venture #entrepreneurs #VC
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