EXHIBIT 31.1


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

I, Francis K. Ruotolo, certify that:

          1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report of ANTs software inc.;

          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 small business issuer as of, and
               for, the periods presented in this report;

          4.   The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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)) for the small business issuer 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  small  business  issuer,   including  its
                    consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made  known to us by  others
                    within  those  entities,  particularly  during the period in
                    which this report is being prepared;

               b.   Evaluated the  effectiveness of the small business  issuer'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

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

          5.   The small  business  issuer's other  certifying  officer(s) and I
               have disclosed,  based on our most recent  evaluation of internal
               control over financial reporting,  to the small business issuer's
               auditors and the audit  committee of the small business  issuer'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 small  business  issuer'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 small
                    business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: November 12, 2004                         /s/ Francis K. Ruotolo
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                                                Francis K. Ruotolo, Chairman and
                                                Chief Executive Officer