EXHIBIT 31.1
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     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 quarterly report on Form 10-Q 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: May 19, 2009
                                         /s/ Joseph Kozak
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                                         Joseph Kozak, Chairman, Chief Executive
                                         Officer and President