[1] He is the co-founder of fast.ai, where he teaches introductory courses,[2] develops software, and conducts research in the area of deep learning.

Howard first became involved with Kaggle, founded in April 2010,[9] after becoming the globally top-ranked participant in data science competitions in both 2010 and 2011.

[13] Howard was also interviewed by the McKinsey Quarterly, where he explained that the rapid advance of machine learning presents an economic paradox; while productivity is rising, employment may not.

[15] In August 2014, Howard founded Enlitic to use machine learning to make medical diagnostics and clinical decision support tools faster, more accurate, and more accessible.

He teaches introductory courses, both online and in-person, and at the University of Queensland, where he is honorary professor at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering.

He has contributed to a range of open-source projects as a developer, and was a regular guest expert on Australia's most popular TV morning news program Sunrise.