EXHIBIT 31.1

 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OF THE
 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
                       OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Joseph Kozak, President and Chief Executive Officer and President of ANTs
 software inc., certify that:

        1.       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of ANTs
software inc. (the "Company");

        2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

        3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of,
and for, the periods presented in this report;

        4. The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
Company and have:

                a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;

                b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

                c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                d. Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent
quarter (the Company's fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's
internal control over financial reporting; and

        5. The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and

                b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control
over financial reporting.

Date:  April 30, 2009
                                         /s/ Joseph Kozak
                                         Joseph Kozak, Chairman, Chief Executive
                                         Officer and President


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