# Peter Howard

> Peter Howard is co-founder and CEO of Realtime Robotics, a Boston-based company building motion-planning software that lets industrial robots plan collision-free paths in milliseconds. A serial entrepreneur with an MIT management degree, he has founded five companies, taken two public, and now runs a Series B robotics firm working with Fortune 100 automakers and manufacturers.

- **Role:** CEO and co-Founder at Realtime Robotics, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Realtime Robotics, Inc., American College of Corporate Directors
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MS, Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Professional Director Certification, American College of Corporate Directors
- **Known for:** Co-founded Realtime Robotics, Led two prior companies to IPO, Grew Realtime Robotics to ~50 employees and Fortune 100 automotive/manufacturing customers

## Career timeline

- **Pre-Realtime** — Founded and led five companies; two reached IPO, one had a strategic sale, one licensed core technology.
- **Circa early 2000s** — Ran a sensor-technology venture working with BMW on quality control for the X5 production line.
- **~2016** — Received a call from Duke University about a motion-planning breakthrough; wrote the first check and co-founded Realtime Robotics.
- **2017-2018** — Realtime raised initial seed funding and signed early Fortune 100 contracts.
- **2024-05** — Company completed Series B funding round; total raised approximately $82.9M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Realtime Robotics
- Led two prior companies to IPO
- Grew Realtime Robotics to ~50 employees and Fortune 100 automotive/manufacturing customers
- Raised approximately $82.9M in total funding for Realtime Robotics
- Built or launched hundreds of products across R&D and manufacturing services businesses across the US, Japan, France, Netherlands, Singapore, and China

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Realtime Robotics closes Series B funding; cumulative raise reaches roughly $82.9M.

## Links

- Website: https://rtr.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmhoward/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/realtime_i
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/realtimerobotics/

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Last updated: 2026-07-09